CVE-2026-96540

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.

CVSS 3.1

8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-863

Published

2026-10-14

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2026-0018

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