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CVE-2026-20340: Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Deserialization Arbitrary Root Command Execution Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-16 · updated 2026-09-18
- Weakness: CWE-502
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Secure FMC Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands at the root privilege level. This vulnerability is due to unsecured deserialization of web-management user-controlled data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and sending a crafted HTTP payload. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to save the crafted payload and then execute it on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Security Analyst (read-only).
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower Management Center: 7.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.1, 7.0.1.1, 7.0.2, 7.2.0 (+62)
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