CVE-2021-20020
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.037 · 90 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
3.73% (90th) EPSS
CVSS 10 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A command execution vulnerability in SonicWall GMS 9.3 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to locally escalate privilege to root.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
10.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–10
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- sonicwall global management system= 9.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sonicwall:global_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20020cnnvd
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0009cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021041209cnnvd
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0009enisa_euvd
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0009Vendor Advisorynvd
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