Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2026 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2026-20169Cisco IoT Field Network Director Command Injection Vulnerability
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity command injection in Cisco IoT Field Network Director (IoT-FND) 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 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to access files and execute commands on a remote router. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input in the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create, read, or delete files and execute limited commands in user EXEC mode on a remote router.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco IoT Field Network Director (IoT-FND) | 4.5.14.4.34.1.04.1.34.6.14.1.14.4.04.2.0 |
Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N