CVE-2026-20096
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium
- Status
- Analyzed - psirt@cisco.com
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
Affected products
- Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software (Cisco)
- Cisco Unified Computing System E-series Software Ucse (Cisco)
- Cisco Unified Computing System Standalone (Cisco)
- Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software (Cisco)
- Unified Computing System (Cisco)
- Unified Computing System E-series Software (Cisco)
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cimc-cmd-inj-3hKN3bVt
