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CVE-2026-20056: Cisco Secure Web Appliance TBD Bypass Vulnerability
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-02-04 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-494
Description
A vulnerability in the Dynamic Vectoring and Streaming (DVS) Engine implementation of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the anti-malware scanner, allowing malicious archive files to be downloaded. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain archive files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted archive file, which should be blocked, through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the anti-malware scanner and download malware onto an end user workstation. The downloaded malware will not automatically execute unless the end user extracts and launches the malicious file.
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Web Appliance: 11.8.0-453, 12.5.3-002, 12.0.3-007, 12.0.3-005, 14.1.0-032, 14.1.0-047 (+54)
References
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