CVE-2026-20096
MediumCVSS 6.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk51th percentile - higher than 51% of all known CVEs
Summary
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 and execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this by sending crafted commands to the management interface, leading to arbitrary command execution as root. Cisco has assigned a Security Impact Rating of High due to additional security implications after gaining root access.
Risk Assessment
An attacker with admin privileges can gain full control of the system by executing arbitrary commands as root, leading to complete compromise of the device and potentially the entire infrastructure.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately apply patches provided by Cisco for Cisco IMC. Restrict access to the management interface to trusted networks only and monitor logs for suspicious activities.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco IMC
See all- CVE-2026-20200High
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC allows an authenticated remote attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. The issue is due to improper validation of user-supplied input.
- CVE-2026-20097Medium
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with admin-level privileges to execute arbitrary code as the root user. This is due to improper validation of user-supplied input to the management interface. An attacker could exploit this by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device, leading to arbitrary code execution as root. Cisco has assigned a Security Impact Rating of High due to additional security implications after gaining root access.
- CVE-2026-20095Medium
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 and execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this by sending crafted commands to the management interface, leading to arbitrary command execution as root. Cisco has assigned a Security Impact Rating of High due to additional security implications after gaining root access.
- CVE-2026-20090Medium
Vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC allows an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to conduct a stored XSS attack against a user of the interface. Due to insufficient input validation. Attacker can persuade a user to click a crafted link, leading to arbitrary script execution in the browser or access to sensitive information.
- CVE-2026-20089Medium
Vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC allows an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to conduct a stored XSS attack against a user of the interface. Due to insufficient input validation. Attacker can persuade a user to click a crafted link, leading to arbitrary script execution in the browser or access to sensitive information.
- CVE-2026-20088Medium
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to conduct a stored XSS attack against a user of the interface. This is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this by persuading a user to click a crafted link, potentially allowing arbitrary script execution in the browser or access to sensitive browser-based information.
- CVE-2026-20087Medium
Vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to conduct a stored XSS attack against a user of the interface. This is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this by persuading a user to click a crafted link, allowing arbitrary script code execution in the browser or access to sensitive browser-based information.
- CVE-2026-20085Medium
Vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a reflected XSS attack against a user of the interface. This is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this by persuading a user to click a crafted link, allowing arbitrary script code execution in the browser or access to sensitive browser-based information.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.

