CVE-2026-96540

LOWCVSS 8.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-863

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-10-15: 110-15
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • Daily CyberSecurity@Daily_CyberSec

    Patch two high-severity SonicWall NSM On-Prem vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-96540, CVE-2026-100232) allowing admin privilege escalation and OS command RCE. #SonicWall #CVE202696540 #CVE2026100232 #NetworkSecurity #RCE #Cybersecurity #InfoSec https://securityonline.info/sonicwall-nsm-on-prem-vulnerabilities-snwlid-2026-0018/

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