CVE-2026-20099
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco UCS Manager Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to perform command injection attacks on an affected system and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of the affected device with root-level privileges.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 6.7 Medium
- Status
- Deferred - psirt@cisco.com
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- Last modified
- 2026-02-26
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System Fxos (Cisco)
- Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Asa Software (Cisco)
- Cisco Unified Computing System Managed (Cisco)
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucsciv-wGYtC78q
