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TI-2026-54490 Aliases CVE-2026-78328GHSA-h2gj-x3qg-39wj

Missing authorization in SonicWall Network Security Manager

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
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-862.

Summary

A missing authorization vulnerability in the SonicWall Network Security Manager (NSM) On-Prem Management interface allows a lower-privileged Admin user to escalate privileges to SuperAdmin.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00462 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SonicWallNetwork Security Manager (NSM)4.3.0 and earlier versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Network Security Manager (NSM) VendorSonicWall Affected 4.3.0 and earlier versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

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 Network Security Manager (NSM) — psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2026-0015

    3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-54489 OS command injection in SonicWall Network Security ManagerPriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2026-56545 Path traversal in SonicWall Network Security ManagerPriority MEDIUM 42
    Show all 3 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-78328
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h2gj-x3qg-39wj

References

Advisory 1

  • 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
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Sources

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