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CVE-2026-96540

An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall Network Security…

Risk score
57/100
CVSS
8.8 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.3%
Published
14 Oct 2026

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What to know

What it is
An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall Network Security Manager (NSM) on-prem in export settings, potentially allowing a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information. This may allow the attacker to escalate privileges to an administrator or to intercept communica…
Affected
See advisory
Fix
Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Exploitation
No known exploitation

Why it is Yellow

  • CVSS 8.8 high

References

Original description

An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall Network Security Manager (NSM) on-prem in export settings, potentially allowing a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information. This may allow the attacker to escalate privileges to an administrator or to intercept communications of other users of the NSM instance.

Last activity 14 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.