CVE-2023-39278
SonicOS post-authentication user assertion failure leads to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow...
SonicOS post-authentication user assertion failure leads to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability via main.cgi leads to a firewall crash.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SonicOS post-authentication user assertion failure leads to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability via main.cgi leads to a firewall crash.
- Record
CVE-2023-39278- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-09
CVE List No score
SonicOS post-authentication user assertion failure leads to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability via main.cgi leads to a firewall crash.
- Record
CVE-2023-39278- Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-43010
SonicOS post-authentication user assertion failure leads to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability via main.cgi leads to a firewall crash.
- Record
EUVD-2023-43010- CVSS
- 0.0 None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g28m-wpc6-78c8
SonicOS post-authentication user assertion failure leads to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow...
SonicOS post-authentication user assertion failure leads to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability via main.cgi leads to a firewall crash.
- Record
GHSA-g28m-wpc6-78c8- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | NVD | |
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-39278 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Sonicwall Sonicos, published October 17, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.97%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.