CVE-2026-20268

Cisco IOS XE Software Security Hardening Release

Severity
High 8.6
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Assigned by cisco

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-2026-20268 are related to issues with improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-119.

Weakness: CWE-119

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (1)
  • Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Software