A vulnerability was found in SonicWall SMA1000 . It has been rated as critical . Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Tunnel TOTP Authentication . This manipulation causes improper handling of unicode encoding. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-4116 . The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.
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VDB-356588 · CVE-2026-4116 · SNWLID-2026-0003
SONICWALL SMA1000 TUNNEL TOTP AUTHENTICATION UNICODE ENCODING
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CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score
6.3 $0-$5k 0.61+
Summaryinfo
A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in SonicWall SMA1000. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Tunnel TOTP Authentication. Such manipulation leads to improper handling of unicode encoding. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-4116. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.
Detailsinfo
A vulnerability was found in SonicWall SMA1000 (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Tunnel TOTP Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper handling of unicode encoding vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-176. The product does not properly handle when an input contains Unicode encoding. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Improper handling of Unicode encoding in SonicWall SMA1000 series appliances allows a remote authenticated SSLVPN user to bypass Workplace/Connect Tunnel TOTP authentication.
The advisory is shared for download at psirt.global.sonicwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-4116 since 03/13/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/09/2026).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Productinfo
Type
Firewall Software
Vendor
SonicWall
Name
SMA1000
License
commercial
Website
Vendor: https://www.sonicwall.com/
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CVSSv3info
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2info
Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability
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Exploitinginfo
Class: Improper handling of unicode encoding
CWE: CWE-176 / CWE-172
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo
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Countermeasuresinfo
Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo
03/13/2026 CVE reserved
04/09/2026 +26 days Advisory disclosed
04/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update
Sourcesinfo
Vendor: sonicwall.com
Advisory: SNWLID-2026-0003
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-4116 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-4116
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356588
Entryinfo
Created: 04/09/2026 17:37
Changes: 04/09/2026 17:37 (53)
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Cache ID: 99:4BD:101
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