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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center - Authentication Bypass

CVE-2026-20079
Verified

Description

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software contains an authentication bypass caused by improper system process creation at boot, letting unauthenticated remote attackers execute scripts and gain root access, exploit requires crafted HTTP requests.

Severity

Critical

CVSS Score

10

Exploit Probability

88%

Published Date

April 13, 2026

Template Author

theamanrawat

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CVSS Metrics

CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE ID:
cve-2026-20079
CWE ID:
cwe-288

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/cisco-fmc-auth-bypass-cve-2026-20079https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20079

Remediation Steps

Update to the latest available version.