CVE-2025-40604 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00015.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0018

History

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Weaknesses		CWE-494
References		https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0018

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: sonicwall

Published: 2025-11-20T12:17:14.138Z

Updated: 2025-11-21T05:02:06.383Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T08:34:51.361Z

Link: CVE-2025-40604

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-20T18:28:54.889Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-20T15:17:28.750

Modified: 2025-11-21T15:13:59.083

Link: CVE-2025-40604

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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