Hosted Email SecurityApplication · Sonicwall

CVE-2022-2324

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-07-29
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 10.0.17.7319 or later.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Improperly Implemented Security Check vulnerability in the SonicWall Hosted Email Security leads to bypass of Capture ATP security service in the appliance. This vulnerability impacts 10.0.17.7319 and earlier versions

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A vulnerability in SonicWall Hosted Email Security allows bypass of the Capture ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) service due to an improperly implemented security check. This could allow malicious email content to bypass threat detection in versions 10.0.17.7319 and earlier.

MitigationUpgrade SonicWall Hosted Email Security to a version newer than 10.0.17.7319 that addresses this vulnerability. Verify Capture ATP is properly scanning all email traffic after the update.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Hosted Email SecurityApplication
Affected:<= 10.0.17.7319

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed SonicWall Hosted Email Security version
    Access the HES admin console or check system information panel to retrieve the current software version number
    Affected if The installed version is 10.0.17.7319 or any version lower than that
  2. Confirm Capture ATP module is active
    Navigate to the email security dashboard and verify the Capture ATP Advanced Threat Protection feature is enabled in the scanning configuration
    Affected if Capture ATP is enabled and the software version is 10.0.17.7319 or lower
  3. Review email threat detection logs
    Examine the Capture ATP scan logs or quarantine reports to identify any email attachments or content that may have passed through without proper ATP analysis
    Affected if Emails with potentially malicious content are observed passing through without ATP verdict or being flagged as clean when they should have been blocked

Your environment is affected if the installed SonicWall Hosted Email Security version is 10.0.17.7319 or earlier and Capture ATP is enabled, allowing malicious email content to bypass threat detection.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 10.0.17.7319
Interim mitigation

Upgrade SonicWall Hosted Email Security to a version newer than 10.0.17.7319 that addresses this vulnerability. Verify Capture ATP is properly scanning all email traffic after the update.

Fix this in Hosted Email Security Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,920
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