CVE-2021-20022
HIGH KEV RANSOMWARESonicWall Email Security < 10.0.9.6103 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2021-20022 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 3, 2021, with confirmed use in ransomware campaigns.
Description
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0008
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-20022
Scores
CVSS v3
7.2
EPSS
0.3260
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2021-11-03
VulnCheck KEV
2021-04-20
InTheWild.io
2021-04-20
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2021-7485
Ransomware Use
Confirmed
CWE
CWE-434
Status
published
Products (11)
sonicwall/email_security
< 10.0.9.6103
sonicwall/email_security_appliance_3300_firmware
< 10.0.9.6105
sonicwall/email_security_appliance_4300_firmware
< 10.0.9.6105
sonicwall/email_security_appliance_5000_firmware
< 10.0.9.6105
sonicwall/email_security_appliance_5050_firmware
< 10.0.9.6105
sonicwall/email_security_appliance_7000_firmware
< 10.0.9.6105
sonicwall/email_security_appliance_7050_firmware
< 10.0.9.6105
sonicwall/email_security_appliance_8300_firmware
< 10.0.9.6105
sonicwall/email_security_appliance_9000_firmware
< 10.0.9.6105
sonicwall/email_security_virtual_appliance
< 10.0.9.6105
... and 1 more
Published
Apr 09, 2021
KEV Added
Nov 03, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026