CVE-2026-20231
CriticalCVSS 9.9Summary
Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Workload related to improper neutralization of special elements (CWE-74). Discovered during internal security review, fixed in hardening release.
Risk Assessment
Lack of neutralization of special elements may enable injection attacks, leading to unauthorized actions or data leakage.
Recommendation
Update Cisco Secure Workload to a patched version.
Original NVD description (English source)
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Workload engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20231 are related to improper neutralization of special elements issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-74.