{"id":"CVE-2026-96540","title":"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","summary":"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…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"SonicWall","product":"Network Security Manager (NSM)","affected":["network_security_manager_nsm 4.3.1 and earlier versions"],"published":"2026-10-14","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T20:38:04.303","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96540","references":[{"url":"https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2026-0018","label":"PSIRT@sonicwall.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00311,"epssPercentile":0.23812,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-15T16:20:12.570516Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T21:57:04.831Z","slug":"CVE-2026-96540","body":"## Overview\n\nAn 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":222613,"id":"CVE-2026-96540","ts":1792084945940,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"8.8"},{"seq":222612,"id":"CVE-2026-96540","ts":1792084945940,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}