CVE•Published 2026-09-02•Modified 2026-09-03•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-20278
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20278 are related to improper neutralization issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-707.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-02
Modified 2026-09-03
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-20278Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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CVE-2026-20278Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
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Google dork
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