CVE-2026-18796

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.nordicsemi.com/r/bundle/struct_sa/page/struct/sa.html

Configurations

No configuration.

History

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Information

Published : 2026-09-07 09:17

Updated : 2026-09-09 15:50

NVD link : CVE-2026-18796

Mitre link : CVE-2026-18796

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-18796

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-1342

Information Exposure through Microarchitectural State after Transient Execution

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