【Vulnerability Alert】SonicWall NSM On-Prem Has a Critical Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-96540)

publish date : 2026-10-22 update date : 2026-10-22

Source: Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform

Publication Number TACERT-ANA-2026101503102424 Publication Time 2026-10-15 15:44:26
Incident Type ANA-Vulnerability Alert Discovery Time 2026-10-15 15:44:26
Impact Level Low  
[Subject]
【Vulnerability Alert】SonicWall NSM On-Prem Has a Critical Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-96540)
[Content]
Forwarded from TWCERTCC-200-202610-00000022

SonicWall has issued an advisory regarding a critical security vulnerability in NSM On-Prem (CVE-2026-96540, CVSS: 8.8). This is an access control vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to administrator level or intercept communications from other users of an NSM instance.

Information Sharing Level: WHITE (Information content can be publicly disclosed)
[Affected Platform]
Network Security Manager (NSM) On-Prem version 4.3.1 and earlier (inclusive)
[Recommended Actions]
Please update Network Security Manager (NSM) On-Prem to version 4.4.0 or later (inclusive)

[Reference]

 1. https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-169-11287-124e1-1.html

(This notification is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a cybersecurity incident).
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