CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-20035
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
SonicWall SMA100 Appliances OS Command Injection Vulnerability — SonicWall SMA100 Appliances
SonicWall SMA100 appliances contain an OS command injection vulnerability in the management interface that allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user, which could potentially lead to code execution.
- Added to KEV
- 2025-04-16
- Remediation due
- 2025-05-07
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0022 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20035
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2021-09-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
Improper neutralization of special elements in the SMA100 management interface allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user which potentially leads to DoS.
Affected configurations
• sonicwall sma 200 firmware (< 9.0.0.11-31sv)
• sonicwall sma 200 firmware (>= 10.2.0.0 < 10.2.0.8-37sv)
• sonicwall sma 200 firmware (>= 10.2.1.0 < 10.2.1.1-19sv)
• sonicwall sma 210 firmware (< 9.0.0.11-31sv)
• sonicwall sma 210 firmware (>= 10.2.0.0 < 10.2.0.8-37sv)
• sonicwall sma 210 firmware (>= 10.2.1.0 < 10.2.1.1-19sv)
• sonicwall sma 400 firmware (< 9.0.0.11-31sv)
• sonicwall sma 400 firmware (>= 10.2.0.0 < 10.2.0.8-37sv)
• sonicwall sma 400 firmware (>= 10.2.1.0 < 10.2.1.1-19sv)
• sonicwall sma 410 firmware (< 9.0.0.11-31sv)
• sonicwall sma 410 firmware (>= 10.2.0.0 < 10.2.0.8-37sv)
• sonicwall sma 410 firmware (>= 10.2.1.0 < 10.2.1.1-19sv)
• sonicwall sma 500v (< 9.0.0.11-31sv)
• sonicwall sma 500v (>= 10.2.0.0 < 10.2.0.8-37sv)
• sonicwall sma 500v (>= 10.2.1.0 < 10.2.1.1-19sv)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0022 Vendor Advisory
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0022 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-20035 US Government Resource