CVE-2026-18796

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Sep 9, 2026

Description

Any application that uses external QSPI flash for encrypted XIP on nRF5340 and relies on that encryption for confidentiality and/or integrity of the externally stored code. No specific nRF Connect SDK version is the root cause; the weakness is in the on-the-fly decryption scheme.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0 6.8/10CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 7, 2026
Last modified
Sep 9, 2026
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

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CVE-2026-18796: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix