CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-20200

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.84%

54th percentile - higher than 54% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain full control of the system, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and the entire infrastructure.

Recommendation

Apply Cisco IMC updates that address this vulnerability, and restrict access to the management interface to trusted users only.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected system and elevate privileges to root.  This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering crafted inputs 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. 

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS