SonicWall controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2026
Exploitation of SMA1000 zero-day vulnerabilities
Provided reference material states that attackers exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA1000 remote-access appliances, deployed custom malware, and continued targeting vulnerable systems after fixes were issued. The supplied material does not include a source URL.
2022
Y2K22 date-processing defect
A date-related software defect affected some SonicWall email-security and firewall products around the start of 2022. SonicWall released patches after identifying the problem.
2021
Attack involving secure remote-access products
SonicWall disclosed that highly sophisticated threat actors had targeted certain secure remote-access products in a potential zero-day attack. The company investigated the incident, notified customers, and issued mitigations and updates. Separately publicized older VPN exploits were described by SonicWall as unrelated and already patched.