CVE-2021-20035

SonicWall SMA100 Appliances OS Command Injection Vulnerability

  • Medium 6.5
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 16 Apr 2025

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.

Key facts

Published
27 Sep 2021
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
sonicwall
KEV added
16 Apr 2025
KEV fix due
7 May 2025
EPSS
4.406% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 91.483% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 6.5CVSS 3.1, Mediumfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What to do

  • Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
SonicWallSMA100
  • 9.0.0.10-28sv and earlier (affected)
  • 10.2.0.7-34sv and earlier (affected)
  • 10.2.1.0-17sv and earlier (affected)

Timeline

  1. 27 Sep 2021 Published
  2. 16 Apr 2025 CVE-2021-20035 added to CISA KEV
  3. 16 Apr 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

Practice this bug class

HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on OS command injection (CWE-78).

References