VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-20272

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-05
Last modified2026-10-23
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20272 are related to issues with improper neutralization of special elements that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@cisco.com: CWE-74

Primary references