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title: "CVE-2026-102256: SMA1000 - OS Command Injection"
description: "SMA1000 appliance contains an OS command injection caused by improper neutralization of special elements in OS commands, letting remote authenticated administrators execute arbitrary OS commands, exploit requires administrator privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-102256/
---

# CVE-2026-102256 SMA1000 - OS Command Injection

SMA1000 appliance contains an OS command injection caused by improper neutralization of special elements in OS commands, letting remote authenticated administrators execute arbitrary OS commands, exploit requires administrator privileges.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.49% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102256)

## Details

Type

OS Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

7 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of SMA1000 appliance.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102256](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102256)
- [https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2026-0017](https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2026-0017)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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