CVE-2025-40604 (GCVE-0-2025-40604)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-20 12:17
Modified
2025-11-21 05:02
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-494 - Download of Code Without Integrity Check
Summary
Download of Code Without Integrity Check Vulnerability in the SonicWall Email Security appliance loads root filesystem images without verifying signatures, allowing attackers with VMDK or datastore access to modify system files and gain persistent arbitrary code execution.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SonicWall Email Security Version: 10.0.33.8195 and earlier versions
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