Improper certificate validation in SonicWall GMS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
An insufficient certificate validation in a privileged communication workflow, was identified in a GMS application 9.5.1 (Build 9510.1044) and earlier versions which, under a successful MitM attack and controlled network conditions, could permit unauthorized changes.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
SonicWall GMS — psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2026-0011
6 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-47070 Code injection in SonicWall GMSPriority MEDIUM 52
- TI-2026-47068 Code injection in SonicWall GMSPriority MEDIUM 48
- TI-2026-15269 Deserialization of untrusted data in SonicWall GMSPriority LOW 38
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-66154
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5h7r-wrwv-5rj5
References
More SonicWall vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-57684 Server-side request forgery in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-12965 Server-side request forgery in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-16819 Deserialization of untrusted data in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-03356 Stack-based buffer overflow in SonicWall SMA100 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-03349 SQL injection in SonicWall SRA/SMA100 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-66154 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-66154 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5h7r-wrwv-5rj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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