What is CVE-2026-20097?

CVE-2026-20097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone), classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-04-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-20097?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone)

CVE-2026-20097

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IMC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with admin-level privileges to execute arbitrary code as the root user. This vulnerability is due to improper validation…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (25.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) — versions 4.0(2g), 3.1(2i), 3.1(1d)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cisco-sa-cimc-cmd-inj-3hKN3bVt

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-20097?: CVE-2026-20097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone), classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-20097?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.