Unauthenticated file disclosure via relative path traversal
Published Nov 20, 2025 · Updated Nov 20, 2025
Path traversal in SonicWall Email Security 10.0.33.8195 and earlier allows remote attackers to read files outside restricted directories. Path handling accepts crafted relative traversal sequences such as ../ and resolves them beyond the intended restricted path. No authentication or user interaction is required, and the reported consequence is limited to unauthorized file access rather than modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in SonicWall Email Security 10.0.33.8195 and earlier allows remote attackers to read files outside restricted directories. Path handling accepts crafted relative traversal sequences such as ../ and resolves them beyond the intended restricted path. No authentication or user interaction is required, and the reported consequence is limited to unauthorized file access rather than modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-40605
- Published
- Nov 20, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 20, 2025
- Vendor
- SonicWall
- Product
- Email Security
- Classifications
- CWE-23, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.33.8195 and earlier versions
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