SonicWall Statement on VPNFilter

First Published:05/30/2018

Last Updated:12/20/2019

SonicWall firewalls and other appliances are not impacted by VPNFilter.

SonicWall researchers are continuing to monitor developments surrounding VPNFilter and have so far confirmed that no SonicWall appliances are impacted by the malware. SonicWall customers are being advised that there is no need to reboot or take any action on any SonicWall appliance.

On May 23 2018, researchers at Cisco Talos published a report documenting a new sophisticated modular malware system known as VPNFilter.

More than 500,000 devices around the world are said to be infected with this malware – most of them are consumer internet routers from a range of different vendors.

Below is a list of routers Symantec identified as vulnerable to VPNFilter.

Linksys E1200

Linksys E2500

Linksys WRVS4400N

Mikrotik RouterOS for Cloud Core Routers: Versions 1016, 1036, and 1072

Netgear DGN2200

Netgear R6400

Netgear R7000

Netgear R8000

Netgear WNR1000

Netgear WNR2000

QNAP TS251

QNAP TS439 Pro

Other QNAP NAS devices running QTS software

TP-Link R600VPN

"No other vendors, including Cisco, have been observed as infected by VPNFilter, but our research continues," according to Cisco Talos, which first reported the bug.

SonicWall researchers are continuing to monitor developments surrounding VPNFilter but have so far confirmed that no SonicWall appliances are impacted by the malware. SonicWall customers are being advised that there is no need to reboot or take any action on any SonicWall appliance.

If you use one of the routers that have been identified as vulnerable to VPNFIlter, we recommend following the directions issued by the manufacturer. The following is a list of security advisories and responses published by the companies impacted to date:

- QNAP

- MikroTik

- Netgear

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SonicWall notice concerning OpenSSL defects including Man-in-the-Middle vulnerability (CVE-2014-0224)

SonicWall Statement on VPNFilter

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