Description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.

The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20273 are related to improper input validation issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-20.
Published: 2026-08-05
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco ios Xe Software
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco ios Xe Software

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20273 are related to improper input validation issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-20.
Title Cisco IOS XE Software Security Hardening Release
Weaknesses CWE-20
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Cisco Ios Xe Software
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T17:45:14.130Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.403Z

Link: CVE-2026-20273

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T17:39:09.576Z

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T09:15:07Z

Weaknesses