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Critical 9.6Published Aug 19, 2026

CVE-2026-20318Cisco Secure Workload Software Security Hardening Release August 2026 - Improper Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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It affects Cisco Secure Workload. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Workload 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-2026-20318 are related to improper input validation issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-20.

CVSS
9.6 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
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
Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated
Aug 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Cisco Cisco Secure Workload
cisco:secure_workload (from the name)
2.2.1.41; 3.2.1.18; 3.3.2.50; 3.4.1.28; 3.4.1.34; 2.3.1.45; 2.3.1.41; 3.3.2.28; and 93 more ranges
CNA record

References

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