Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-20272
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-2026-20272 are related to issues with improper neutralization of special elements that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 27.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8