OS Command Injection in SMA1000 Appliance Management Console by SonicWall
CVE-2026-83549

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Sonicwall

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 September 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟣 EPSS 10%🦅 CISA Reported📰 News Worthy

What is CVE-2026-83549?

A vulnerability has been identified in the SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) that allows for OS command injection under specific conditions. If exploited by an authenticated administrator, this flaw could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands at the operating system level, which may lead to unauthorized access and manipulation of the underlying system.

CISA has reported CVE-2026-83549

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed CVE-2026-83549 as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Affected Version(s)

SMA1000 Linux 12.4.3-03453 (platform-hotfix) and older versions

SMA1000 Linux 12.5.0-02835 (platform-hotfix) and older versions

News Articles

Critical SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaws Enable Unauthenticated RCE

The exploitation activity follows attacks earlier this summer on two other zero-day vulnerabilities in the vendor's edge devices.

References

EPSS Score

10% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • 📰

    First article discovered by Dark Reading

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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