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CVE-2021-20035: SonicWall SMA100 · OS Command Injection

Affects SonicWall SMA100Source CVE Database V5

0

Exploited in the wild · KEV due 7 May 2025 · 4% EPSS : apply the vendor's fix or mitigations to SonicWall SMA100 now.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
KEV deadline
 US federal agencies must patch by this date; a sensible deadline for everyone else. Other KEV due dates
EPSS
4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 91% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Sep 2021

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: evidence found.

    Listed in CISA KEV 3.6 years after disclosure

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

Timeline

  1. CVE ID reserved

    by SonicWall, Inc.

    , 284 days before disclosure

  2. CVE published

    on cve.org

    , t = 0

  3. , 3.6 years after disclosure

  4. KEV remediation due

    US federal deadline

    , 3.6 years after disclosure

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CISA KEV (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

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.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Sonicwallsonicwall/sma100pkg:rpm/sonicwall/sma100Other threatsAffected
  • =9.0.0.10-28sv
  • =10.2.0.7-34sv
  • =10.2.1.0-17sv
Fixed in–

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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.

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