CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
0.25%
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Modified
Aug 5, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit
All weaponized →No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.
Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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 software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20268 are related to issues with improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-119.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
References (1)