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CVE-2026-20360

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software Security Hardening Release September 2026 - Information Exposure & Insecure Handling

Published: Sep 16, 2026Updated: Sep 18, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Nexus Dashboard 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-2026-20360 are related to information exposure and insecure handling issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-200.

In plain language

AI Act now

Cisco Nexus Dashboard has a serious security weakness with a public attack tool available, so businesses using it should act now.

Executive summary

CVE-2026-20360 is a CVSS 8.8 network-accessible flaw in Cisco Nexus Dashboard involving information exposure and insecure handling; an attacker needs a low-privileged account and can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

If affected, business impact
Dashboard data exposureConfiguration tamperingService disruptionAdministrative platform takeover

What to do now

  1. Confirm whether your organization runs Cisco Nexus Dashboard and identify its installed version.
  2. Ask your Cisco support contact whether your version is affected; Cisco has not published a fixed version or patch information for CVE-2026-20360.
  3. Limit Cisco Nexus Dashboard access to necessary, trusted administrator accounts and remove unused accounts.
  4. Review dashboard administrator activity for unexpected configuration changes or data access.
May need vendor / contractor work

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

Cisco
commercial·USaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Networking Infrastructure

Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ndw1-psFvnrg
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
News mentions
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