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CVE-2021-20041

An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP...

7.5 High

An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP requests sent to SMA100 /fileshare/sonicfiles/sonicfiles resulting in a loop with unreachable exit condition. This vulnerability affected SMA 200, 210, 400, 410 and 500v appliances.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

21.2%Up 20.8 points since Dec 9, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP requests sent to SMA100 /fileshare/sonicfiles/sonicfiles resulting in a loop with unreachable exit condition. This vulnerability affected SMA 200, 210, 400, 410 and 500v appliances.

Record
CVE-2021-20041
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP requests sent to SMA100 /fileshare/sonicfiles/sonicfiles resulting in a loop with unreachable exit condition. This vulnerability affected SMA 200, 210, 400, 410 and 500v appliances.

Record
CVE-2021-20041
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7504 No score

An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP requests sent to SMA100 /fileshare/sonicfiles/sonicfiles resulting in a loop with unreachable exit condition. This vulnerability affected SMA 200, 210, 400, 410 and 500v appliances.

Record
EUVD-2021-7504
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qhp6-xj37-53m2 No score

An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP...

An unauthenticated and remote adversary can consume all of the device's CPU due to crafted HTTP requests sent to SMA100 /fileshare/sonicfiles/sonicfiles resulting in a loop with unreachable exit condition. This vulnerability affected SMA 200, 210, 400, 410 and 500v appliances.

Record
GHSA-qhp6-xj37-53m2
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2021-20041 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Sonicwall Sma100, published December 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.2%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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