Background exploitation KEV catalog Ransomware
CVE-2021-20023

SonicWall Email Security Path Traversal Vulnerability

SonicWall Email Security version 10.0.9.x contains a vulnerability that allows a post-authenticated attacker to read an arbitrary file on the remote host.

CheckOps priority index
5.9/10 Patch within 7 days
Severity4.9
Probability5.2
Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 51.7% higher than 98.9% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 4.9 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:
Exploited for 1,826 days 03 Nov 2021
CISA due date 17 Nov 2021 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)03 Nov 2021
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)03 Nov 2021
  • Used by ransomwareyes
  • EPSS above 10 %51.7%
  • No account, over the networkno

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

Email SecuritySonicWall Email Security
Affected versions
  • 10.0.9 and earlier
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

  5. EPSS peak: 51.7%

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2026-83549SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances OS Command Injection Vulnerability
    4.6 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-83548SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability
    6.0 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-15410SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Code Injection Vulnerability
    5.6 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-15409SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability
    6.6 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2025-40602SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability
    3.9 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2023-44221SonicWall SMA100 Appliances OS Command Injection Vulnerability
    7.0 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities