Vulnerability · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2026-20063Cisco Secure FTD Software Authenticated Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 6.0

In plain English

A medium-severity argument injection in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input for a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6.07.7.07.6.17.6.27.7.107.6.2.17.7.10.1

Weakness: CWE-88 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X

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