SonicWall has published a security advisory detailing four vulnerabilities affecting its SMA1000 series remote access appliances, including one server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw rated critical.
The advisory, released on October 6, 2026, assigns the highest severity rating of Critical to the set of issues. No active exploitation of any vulnerability had been confirmed at the time of publication.
The primary flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-102255, stems from an unintended alternate access path in the WorkPlace interface. Attackers can coerce the appliance into acting as a forward proxy, issuing requests that bypass authentication and reach internal functionality or perform unauthorized operations. The vulnerability carries a maximum CVSSv3.0 base score of 10.0.
Additional issues include an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-102256) and a path traversal flaw (CVE-2026-102257) that permits extraction of files outside the intended directory when processing a specially crafted archive, potentially leading to code execution.
SonicWall has made updates available for affected SMA1000 series appliances. Administrators are advised to apply the patches promptly.


