CVE-2026-20315

Published Aug 19, 2026

Last updated an hour ago

Overview

AI description

Automated description summarized from trusted sources.

CVE-2026-20315 is a vulnerability affecting Cisco Secure Workload, identified as an improper access control issue. This flaw falls under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) category CWE-284, which pertains to insufficient authorization. Cisco's engineering team conducted an internal security review that led to the discovery of this and other related vulnerabilities. As a result, Cisco released hardening updates for Secure Workload on August 19, 2026, to address these internally discovered issues.

Description: As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Workload engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20315 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.
Source: psirt@cisco.com
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Secondary
Base score: 10
Impact score: 6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

psirt@cisco.com: CWE-284

Hype score is a measure of social media activity compared against trending CVEs from the past 12 months. Max score 100.

Hype score: 4

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