A vulnerability was found in SonicWall SMA1000 . It has been declared as critical . Affected is an unknown function of the component AMC TOTP Authentication . The manipulation results in improper handling of unicode encoding. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-4114 . The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
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VDB-356587 · CVE-2026-4114 · SNWLID-2026-0003
SONICWALL SMA1000 AMC TOTP AUTHENTICATION UNICODE ENCODING
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CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score
6.3 $0-$5k 0.49+
Summaryinfo
A vulnerability was found in SonicWall SMA1000. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component AMC TOTP Authentication. This manipulation causes improper handling of unicode encoding. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-4114. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.
Detailsinfo
A vulnerability was found in SonicWall SMA1000 (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component AMC TOTP Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper handling of unicode encoding vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-176. The product does not properly handle when an input contains Unicode encoding. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Improper handling of Unicode encoding in SonicWall SMA1000 series appliances allows a remote authenticated SSLVPN admin to bypass AMC TOTP authentication.
It is possible to read the advisory at psirt.global.sonicwall.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-4114 since 03/13/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (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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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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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-2026-4114 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-4114
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356587
Entryinfo
Created: 04/09/2026 17:36
Changes: 04/09/2026 17:36 (53)
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Cache ID: 99:F04:101
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