CVE-2026-20340
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Deserialization Arbitrary Root Command Execution Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 8, 2025
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).
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | cisco |
Weaknesses
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)Cisco |
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