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CVE-2021-20022

high CISA KEV

SonicWall Email Security Unrestricted Upload of File Vulnerability

Vendor / product: SonicWall — SonicWall Email Security

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

CVSS
7.2
7.2 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2021-04-09 18:15
Modified: 2026-10-01 21:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Added 2021-11-03 · due 2021-11-17
Known ransomware use: Known

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected products

sonicwall / email_security <10.0.9.6103
sonicwall / email_security_appliance_9000_firmware <10.0.9.6105
sonicwall / email_security_appliance_3300_firmware <10.0.9.6105
sonicwall / email_security_appliance_4300_firmware <10.0.9.6105
sonicwall / email_security_appliance_8300_firmware <10.0.9.6105
sonicwall / email_security_appliance_5000_firmware <10.0.9.6105
sonicwall / email_security_appliance_7000_firmware <10.0.9.6105
sonicwall / email_security_appliance_5050_firmware <10.0.9.6105
sonicwall / email_security_appliance_7050_firmware <10.0.9.6105
sonicwall / email_security_virtual_appliance <10.0.9.6105
sonicwall / hosted_email_security <10.0.9.6103

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0008
Vendor advisory: https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0008

References

Data sources

CISA KEV — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗

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