What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-20168: Cisco IoT Field Network Director Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-05-06 · updated 2026-10-26
- Weakness: CWE-388
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to retrieve files that they do not have permission to access. This vulnerability is due to insufficient file access checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input in the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read files that they are not authorized to access.
Affected products
- Cisco IoT Field Network Director (IoT-FND): before 5.0.0-117 — fixed in 5.0.0-117
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco IoT Field Network Director (IoT-FND) 5.0.0-117. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
Get alerted when CVE-2026-20168 or the next vulnerability affects your stack