What is CVE-2025-23009?

CVE-2025-23009 is a high-severity vulnerability in SonicWall Netextender, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-23009?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in SonicWall Netextender

CVE-2025-23009

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64 bit) client which allows an attacker to trigger an arbitrary file deletion.

Published 2025-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

SonicWall Netextender — versions 10.3.1 and earlier versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-250

References

psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0006 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23009?: CVE-2025-23009 is a high-severity vulnerability in SonicWall Netextender, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-23009?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.