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CVE-2025-40604 is a high-severity vulnerability in SonicWall Email Security appliances caused by loading root filesystem images without verifying their cryptographic signatures. This is a download of code without integrity check condition affecting supported physical and virtual Email Security deployments. An attacker who can access the appliance’s VMDK or datastore can tamper with the root filesystem image, modify system files, and cause the appliance to boot or load attacker-controlled code. Because the modified image is accepted without signature validation, the flaw can be used to establish persistent arbitrary code execution on the appliance.
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A code execution vulnerability in SonicWall Email Security Appliances.
A vulnerability in SonicWall Email Security appliances that enables remote attackers to achieve persistent arbitrary code execution.
A high-severity SonicWall Email Security appliance vulnerability where lack of signature verification for loaded root filesystem images can enable system file modification and arbitrary code execution.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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