High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2026· Updated Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-20340
CVE-2026-20340
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Secure FMC Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands at the root privilege level.
This vulnerability is due to unsecured deserialization of web-management user-controlled data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and sending a crafted HTTP payload. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to save the crafted payload and then execute it on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Security Analyst (read-only).
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1- Cisco Warns of New Zero-Day ISE Auth Bypass (CVSS 10.0) Exploited in Active AttacksThe Hacker News · Sep 17, 2026