CVE-2021-20038
SonicWall SMA 100 Appliances Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Published
- Dec 8, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- sonicwall
- Evidence observed
- Jan 28, 2022
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 100.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
A Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SMA100 Apache httpd server's mod_cgi module environment variables allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to potentially execute code as a 'nobody' user in the appliance. This vulnerability affected SMA 200, 210, 400, 410 and 500v appliances firmware 10.2.0.8-37sv, 10.2.1.1-19sv, 10.2.1.2-24sv and earlier versions.
Sources
2- badbloodExploit
SonicWall SMA-100 Unauth RCE Exploit (CVE-2021-20038)
- CVE-2021-20038-SonicWall-RCEExploit
Python exploit for CVE-2021-20038 targeting SonicWall SSL VPN with command-line URL/file input for remote code execution.
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