CVE-2026-20044CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-20044

Medium · published March 4, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the lockdown mechanism of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform arbitrary commands as root.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on remediation modules while in lockdown mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the system CLI of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands or code as root, even when the system is in lockdown mode. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00146 · 3.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-03-04T23:16Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.0.18—
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.8.1—
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center≥ 7.1.0, ≤ 7.1.0.3—
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.10.2—
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center≥ 7.3.0, ≤ 7.3.1.2—
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center≥ 7.4.0, ≤ 7.4.3—
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center≥ 7.6.0, ≤ 7.6.2.1—
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center≥ 7.7.0, ≤ 7.7.10.1—
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 MAR 17:17Z
    Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Command Injection Vulnerability
    cvelistv5