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CVE-2026-20079

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CVE-2026-20079

Published: Mar 4, 2026

Modified: Mar 5, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

10.0

CRITICAL

Description

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute script files on an affected device to obtain root access to the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to an improper system process that is created at boot time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute a variety of scripts and commands that allow root access to the device.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)

affected
7.0.0
affected
7.0.0.1
affected
7.0.1
affected
7.0.1.1
affected
7.0.2

+56 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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