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CVE-2026-20044

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CVE-2026-20044

Published: Mar 4, 2026

Modified: Mar 5, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.0

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the lockdown mechanism of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform arbitrary commands as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on remediation modules while in lockdown mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the system CLI of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands or code as root, even when the system is in lockdown mode. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)

affected
6.4.0.6
affected
6.4.0.7
affected
6.4.0.4
affected
6.4.0.1
affected
6.4.0.8

+73 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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