CVE-2026-20271Cisco IOS XE Software Security Hardening Release
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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 software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20271 are related to insufficient control flow management issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-691.
- CVSS
- 8.6 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-691
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- cisco
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 2, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software cisco:ios_xe_software (from the name) | 17.2.1a; 16.12.1y; 16.12.3s; 16.7.1b; 16.6.2; 16.6.5; 16.12.1w; 16.9.1d; and 193 more ranges | CNA record |
cisco ios_xe cisco:ios_xe | 16.6.2; 16.6.3; 16.6.4; 16.6.4a; 16.6.4s; 16.6.5; 16.6.5a; 16.6.5b; and 193 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-iosxe-V8NMuMZJvendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/Media/News/item/blog/2026/06/16/Preserving-Vulnerability-Level-Identification
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