CVE-2026-20167
Cisco IoT Field Network Director Remote Device Denial of Service Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.7 High
- Published
- May 6, 2026
- Updated
- May 6, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 8, 2025
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to cause a DoS condition on a remotely managed router.
This vulnerability is due to improper error handling. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to request unauthorized files from a remote router, causing the router to reload and resulting in a DoS condition.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.7 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | cisco |
Weaknesses
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cisco IoT Field Network Director (IoT-FND)Cisco |
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