CVE-2026-20223
Cisco Secure Workload Unauthorized API Access Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 10.0 Critical
- Published
- May 20, 2026
- Updated
- May 21, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 8, 2025
Description
A vulnerability in the access validation of internal REST APIs of Cisco Secure Workload could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access site resources with the privileges of the Site Admin role.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation and authentication when accessing REST API endpoints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability if they are able to send a crafted API request to an affected endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read sensitive information and make configuration changes across tenant boundaries with the privileges of the Site Admin user.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 10.0 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | cisco |
Weaknesses
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cisco Secure WorkloadCisco |
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References
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