CVE-2026-83549highunder attackCWE-78

CVE-2026-83549: high-severity vulnerability in SonicWall SMA1000

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66Vexday Risk Score

Patch now. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA, has an official Brazilian government alert and has a working public exploit.

ssvc Actcvss 7.8epss 9.9%
from disclosure to weaponsame day
Published on NVDSep 1
metasploitSep 1
CISA KEV+1d
Official alert in Brazil

Brazil's federal government published an alert, recommendation or bulletin that cites this vulnerability.

  • CTIR Gov · ALERTA 79/2026 · 10 Sep 2026Vulnerabilidade crítica que afeta o SonicWall SMA1000 Appliancesread on gov.br ↗
  • CISC Gov.br · 09 Sep 2026Boletim do CISC de Vulnerabilidadesread on gov.br ↗
Source: CTIR Gov (GSI) and CISC Gov.br, under the CC BY-ND 3.0 license.
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2026-09-05

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.

In short

An authenticated administrator of the SMA1000 Appliance Management Console can inject malicious operating system commands through the application, allowing them to execute arbitrary code on the server. This is dangerous because it gives attackers complete control over the affected system.

Technical detail

Post-authentication OS command injection vulnerability in SMA1000 AMC allows an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands via improper neutralization of special elements in command inputs. Attack vector requires valid admin credentials and specific conditions; successful exploitation results in remote code execution with system-level privileges.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
Post-authentication Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability has been identified in the SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) which in specific conditions could potentially enable a remote authenticated attacker as administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands, resulting in remote code execution.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
SonicWall · SMA1000