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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2023-34129 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Sonicwall Global Management System. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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CVE-2023-34129 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) present in SonicWall Global Management System (GMS) 9.3.2-SP1 and earlier as well as Analytics 2.5.0.4-R7 and earlier. The flaw stems from improper pathname limitation that permits use of the Zip Slip technique, enabling an authenticated remote attacker to write arbitrary files to any location on the underlying filesystem with root privileges. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and low-privileged authentication requirements that result in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An authenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted archive to the affected management or analytics application and cause extraction of its contents outside the intended directory. Successful exploitation grants the ability to overwrite or place files anywhere on the system, including sensitive configuration files, binaries, or scripts that run with root privileges, thereby allowing full compromise of the host.
SonicWall has published advisory SNWLID-2023-0010 and an accompanying support notice detailing the affected versions and remediation steps. The current EPSS score of 0.3136 (peak 0.3331) indicates moderate but not widespread exploitation interest since disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-38231
Vulnerability Data
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in SonicWall GMS and Analytics allows an authenticated remote attacker to traverse the directory and extract arbitrary files using Zip Slip method to any location on the underlying…
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filesystem with root privileges. This issue affects GMS: 9.3.2-SP1 and earlier versions; Analytics: 2.5.0.4-R7 and earlier versions.
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Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.
PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.
Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.
Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.
Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.