CVE-2026-20097

Cisco Integrated Management Controller Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 6.5
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.005
42.9th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Published by the vendor
Published
Apr 1, 2026
Assigned by cisco

Description

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 vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input to the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as the root user. Cisco has assigned this vulnerability a SIR of High rather than Medium as the score indicates because additional security implications could occur when the attacker becomes root.

Weakness: CWE-787

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Other Products cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (1)
  • Cisco · Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone)