CVE-2026-20288

Cisco IMC Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 6.5
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.004
32.2th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Vendor-published field
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Admin 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.  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-146

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Other Products cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (3)
  • Cisco · Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software
  • Cisco · Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone)
  • Cisco · Cisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE)

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