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CVE-2026-20093

Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software — Cisco Integrated Management Controller Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

EPSS 1%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
42
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 63.1.631 × 2012.6No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

A vulnerability in the change password functionality of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the system as Admin. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of password change requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication, alter the passwords of any user on the system, including an Admin user, and gain access to the system as that user.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software4.1.1–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.9.1–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.5.2–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.12.2–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.6.2–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.9.2–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.11.3–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.11.1–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.5.1–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.3.1–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.10.2–CNA
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software3.12.1b–CNA

Scores by source

cisco (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refsec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cimc-auth-bypass-AgG2BxTn