CVE-2026-20246
Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
A vulnerability in the vmadmin CLI of Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied commands. An attacker with vmadmin privileges could exploit this vulnerability by using certain commands at the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Cisco Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance
2.6.0, 2.5.6, 2.5, 2.4.12, 2.7, 2.6.2, 2.5.5, 2.5.4, 2.8, 2.6.1, 2.5.7, 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 1.5.6, 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.4, 2.4.4, 2.4.6, 2.8.9, 3.0, and 43 more