CVE-2026-20288

Published Aug 5, 2026

Last updated 7 days ago

CVSS medium 6.5

Overview

Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Admin privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected system and elevate privileges to root.  This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering crafted inputs 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 SIR of High rather than Medium as the score indicates because additional security implications could occur when the attacker becomes root.
Source
psirt@cisco.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
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-146

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Configurations

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.