Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2026 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2026-20036Cisco UCS Manager Software Command Injection Vulnerability
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity OS command injection in Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed) from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the CLI and web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Manager Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device with root-level privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed) | 4.0(4h)4.1(1a)4.0(1c)4.0(4a)4.0(1a)4.0(1d)4.1(1c)4.0(2a) |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N