Critical severity · published Sep 4, 2026
CVE-2026-78328
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…
9.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NS
Network Security Manager (NSM) · SonicWall
4.3.0 and earlier versions · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78328
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78328
psirt.global.sonicwall.com
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2026-0015
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