SonicWall NetExtender Flaw Lets Attackers Write Arbitrary Files as Root

SonicWall has disclosed two vulnerabilities in its NetExtender Linux VPN client, the more severe of which allows attackers to write arbitrary files to disk with root-level privileges. Tracked under advisory SNWLID-2026-0013 and published on August 25, 2026, the flaws carry a combined severity rating of 8.8 (High) on the CVSS v3 scale. The primary...