CVE-2025-40605

A Path Traversal vulnerability has been identified in the Email Security appliance allows an attacker to manipulate file system paths by injecting crafted directory-traversal sequences (such as ../) and may access files and directories outside the intended restricted path.

Published: 2025-11-20 Last update: 2025-12-12 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-40605 is rated Low Risk (24.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-40605

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-18 0.05% 0.03% -0.02%
2 2026-03-22 0.03% 0.05% +0.02%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-40605

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-40605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-40605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sonicwall email_security_appliance_5000_firmware <= 10.0.33.8195 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:email_security_appliance_5000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall email_security_appliance_5050_firmware <= 10.0.33.8195 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:email_security_appliance_5050_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall email_security_appliance_7000_firmware <= 10.0.33.8195 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:email_security_appliance_7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall email_security_appliance_7050_firmware <= 10.0.33.8195 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:email_security_appliance_7050_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall email_security_appliance_9000_firmware <= 10.0.33.8195 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:email_security_appliance_9000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-40605

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