CVE-2022-1701 is a critical vulnerability affecting SonicWall SMA1000 series firmware versions 12.4.0, 12.4.1-02965, and earlier. The flaw stems from the use of a shared and hard-coded encryption key for data storage, impacting various SMA 6200, 7200, and 8000v appliances. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely access sensitive information due to the weak cryptographic implementation. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sma_6200_firmware:12.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sma_6200_firmware:12.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sma_6210_firmware:12.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sma_6210_firmware:12.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sma_7200_firmware:12.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.