CVE-2026-20096

Published Apr 1, 2026

Last updated 10 days ago

Overview

Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with admin-level privileges to perform command injection attacks on an affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as the root user. Cisco has assigned this vulnerability a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of High, rather than Medium as the score indicates, because additional security implications could occur once the attacker has become root.
Source
psirt@cisco.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
enterprise_nfv_infrastructure_software, unified_computing_system, unified_computing_system_e-series_software

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

psirt@cisco.com
CWE-77

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations