CVE-2026-18796 (GCVE-0-2026-18796)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-07 08:07 – Updated: 2026-09-10 11:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
QSPI flash encryption side-channel leakage
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-08 15:01 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1342 - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic Semiconductor ASA | nRF5340 |
Affected:
All build codes
|
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