Remote Code Execution Risk in Cisco IMC Management Interface
CVE-2026-20097

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Cisco
Status
Cisco Unified Computing System (standalone)
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 April 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

What is CVE-2026-20097?

A vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC that allows authenticated, remote attackers with admin-level privileges to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as the root user. The issue arises from inadequate validation of user-provided input to the management interface, enabling attackers to exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted HTTP requests to compromised devices.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) 4.0(2g)

Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) 3.1(2i)

Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) 3.1(1d)

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/C...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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