Vendor evidence profile
SonicWall: what the public record shows
nexalign keeps a continuously updated evidence record on SonicWall for network security decisions: 73 items from 6 kinds of source, covering November 2021 to July 2026. Every item on this page links to the source it came from, carrying the date that source states and saying so plainly where it states none.
In one line
This record holds 60 advisories attributed to SonicWall products across 73 evidence items in total, 8 of them in the CISA catalogue of known exploited vulnerabilities. 100 percent of the record comes from sources SonicWall cannot edit. Whether SonicWall suits your decision is not on this page: that depends on your criteria, your compliance scope and your shortlist, and this record does not know them.
Evidence items
73
in this record
Attributed advisories
60
8 known exploited
Authoritative share
85%
government registers
Last checked
Jul 18, 2026
sources re-queried
How independent is this record
Sources are not equal. A vendor can rewrite its own website overnight and optimise it for whatever a language model is likely to quote. It cannot edit a government vulnerability register or a years-old discussion thread. Every item in this record is classified by how much the vendor could influence it, and the score below is the weighted result.
Independence of this record
Objectivity score 94/100
- Authoritative
- 62 items, 85 percent
- Independent
- 11 items, 15 percent
- Vendor-controlled
- 0 items, 0 percent
100 percent of this record comes from sources SonicWall does not control. The remainder is SonicWall's own material and is marked as such wherever it appears.
Where this record comes from
These are the sources that contributed to the SonicWall record, with the body that operates each one. No rating, score or ranking is taken from anywhere, and no vendor pays to appear in this index or to change what it says.
| Source | Operated by | Classification | Items | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Vulnerability Database | ENISA, European Union | Authoritative | 28 | Jul 14, 2026 |
| CERT-Bund security advisories | BSI, Federal Republic of Germany | Authoritative | 26 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue | CISA, United States | Authoritative | 8 | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Engineering discussions | Hacker News, public threads | Independent | 5 | Oct 12, 2025 |
| Analyst, review and reference sources | Recognised analysts, review marketplaces and technology press | Independent | 5 | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Practitioner discussions | Reddit, public threads | Independent | 1 | Feb 24, 2026 |
Documented vulnerabilities
Vulnerability registers are searched by keyword, so an advisory about a different product often mentions SonicWall in passing. An entry is only listed here when a structural signal ties it to a product of SonicWall: an advisory reference on the vendor's own domain, SonicWall as the assigning authority, or the affected product list naming it. 60 records passed that test.
- CVE-2025-40602criticalCVSS 6.6Known exploitedDec 18, 2025
SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-40766criticalKnown exploitedSep 09, 2024
SonicWall SonicOS Improper Access Control Vulnerability
- CVE-2019-7483criticalKnown exploitedMar 28, 2022
SonicWall SMA100 Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-20022criticalKnown exploitedNov 03, 2021
SonicWall Email Security Unrestricted Upload of File Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-20023criticalKnown exploitedNov 03, 2021
SonicWall Email Security Path Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-20021criticalKnown exploitedNov 03, 2021
SonicWall Email Security Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
54 further attributed records are held in the pool. DecisionOS shows the full set against the components you actually run.
What practitioners report
Public threads in which engineers and administrators discuss running this product. Only threads naming SonicWall in their own title are listed, so a discussion about someone else's incident cannot end up under this vendor. Not curated for sentiment: 6 threads in the record, most recent first.
- r/mspFeb 24, 2026Independent
Marquis sues firewall provider SonicWall, alleges security failings with its firewall backup led to ransomware attack
- Hacker NewsOct 12, 2025Independent
SonicWall confirms all Cloud Backup Service users were compromised
- Hacker NewsOct 10, 2025Independent
Data leak at Sonicwall: All cloud backups of firewalls stolen
- Hacker NewsOct 01, 2025Independent
Akira still bypassing SonicWall SSL VPNs, even with MFA deployed
- Hacker NewsJul 17, 2025Independent
Google finds custom backdoor being installed on SonicWall network devices
Independent coverage
Recognised analysts, review marketplaces and neutral technology press that name SonicWall. This section runs on a fixed list of such outlets rather than on whatever a web search returns for the company name, because that search is dominated by sales-intelligence profiles and directory listings which say nothing about the product. Social networks and press-release wires are excluded outright.
- gartner.comdate not recordedIndependent
SonicWall NSa Series Reviews & Ratings 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights
- gartner.comdate not recordedIndependent
SonicWall Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights
- en.wikipedia.orgdate not recordedIndependent
SonicWall - Wikipedia
- gartner.comdate not recordedIndependent
SonicWall NSa Series Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights
- gartner.comdate not recordedIndependent
SonicWall Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights
What SonicWall publishes about itself
The vendor's own documentation, kept separate from everything above and marked as vendor-controlled. It is useful, and it is a claim until an independent source confirms it.
What this record cannot tell you
A record is only trustworthy if it is explicit about its holes. These are the ones in the SonicWall record right now.
A further 1 register entries mention SonicWall without naming a product of SonicWall as affected. They are excluded rather than counted as vulnerabilities.
Pricing, contract terms, notice periods and support commitments are not part of any public register. They come from the vendor and belong in a negotiation record.
Certification status such as ISO 27001, SOC 2 or BSI C5 has to be checked against the current certificate and its stated scope. A valid certificate can still exclude the product being bought.
Whether SonicWall is the right choice is not on this page
A record of what is true about a vendor is one half of a decision. The other half is your context: which criteria matter, how heavily each one weighs, what is a hard no, and who has to sign the result off. No public page can know that, and any page that claims to rank vendors for you is guessing at it.
Typical criteria for this category
Needs your case- Detection Accuracy (MITRE ATT&CK coverage)weight
- MDR / Managed Detection & Responseweight
- Deployment Complexityweight
- Automated Response / Remediationweight
- SIEM Integrationweight
Criteria shown as examples for network security. Weighting and fit are properties of your decision, not of the vendor, so they are not published here.
What DecisionOS adds on top of this record
- The vendor scored against your criteria with your weighting, not against a generic ranking
- A dealbreaker check against your hard constraints: data residency, contract terms, existing stack
- A side-by-side view of the alternatives on your shortlist, built from this same evidence pool
- This evidence mapped onto your compliance scope: NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2
- A decision memo your board can read, with the trade-offs and the reasoning on the record
Questions this page answers
Is SonicWall a safe choice?
The public record holds 60 advisories attributed to SonicWall products and 73 evidence items in total. 8 of them appear in the CISA catalogue of known exploited vulnerabilities. Whether that is acceptable depends on your risk appetite, your compliance scope and the alternatives on your shortlist, none of which a public page can know. This page reports the record; it does not rate the vendor.
Where does the SonicWall data on this page come from?
From 6 kinds of source: European Vulnerability Database, operated by ENISA, European Union; CERT-Bund security advisories, operated by BSI, Federal Republic of Germany; Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, operated by CISA, United States; Engineering discussions, operated by Hacker News, public threads; Analyst, review and reference sources, operated by Recognised analysts, review marketplaces and technology press; Practitioner discussions, operated by Reddit, public threads. Every item carries its source URL and, where the source states one, its date.
Does SonicWall pay to appear in this index?
No. There is no paid placement, no sponsored profile and no way for a vendor to change what the record says. Vendors are listed because their category comes up in enterprise technology decisions. Corrections to a specific entry can be sent to [email protected] and are checked against the source.
How much of the SonicWall record is the vendor's own material?
0 percent. The remaining 100 percent comes from sources SonicWall does not control. Vendor-published material stays in the record and is labelled as vendor-controlled rather than counted as independent confirmation.
Why does this page not say whether SonicWall is better than the alternatives?
Because better only exists relative to a decision. Which criteria matter, how heavily each one weighs and what counts as a dealbreaker are properties of the buyer, not of the vendor. DecisionOS takes this same evidence pool and scores it against the criteria of an actual decision, which is where a comparison becomes meaningful.
How this record is built
Sources are queried on a schedule, not on request. Findings are stored with the source URL, the event date and a content hash, so the same item is never counted twice and every statement stays traceable to where it came from.
Nothing on this page is written by a language model. Counts are counts, dates are the dates the sources carry, and titles are the sources' own wording. Where a section is empty, that is a finding in itself and is stated as one.
Corrections are welcome. If an entry is wrong or an attribution is off, write to [email protected] and it gets checked against the source.
Citing this page
nexalign GmbH, SonicWall: what the public record shows, nexalign vendor evidence index, Jul 18, 2026. Available at nexalign.io/vendors/sonicwall.
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