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CVE-2026-20322 (GCVE-0-2026-20322)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 20:02 – Updated: 2026-09-16 20:02
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Title
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software Security Hardening Release September 2026 - Improper Access Control
Summary
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-2026-20322 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cisco Cisco Nexus Dashboard Affected: 2.1(1d)
Affected: 2.1(1e)
Affected: 2.1(2d)
Affected: 2.2(1h)
Affected: 2.2(1e)
Affected: 2.2(2d)
Affected: 2.1(2f)
Affected: 2.3(1c)
Affected: 2.3(2b)
Affected: 2.3(2c)
Affected: 2.3(2d)
Affected: 2.3(2e)
Affected: 3.0(1f)
Affected: 3.0(1i)
Affected: 3.1(1k)
Affected: 3.1(1l)
Affected: 3.2(1e)
Affected: 3.2(1i)
Affected: 3.3(1a)
Affected: 3.3(1b)
Affected: 3.3(2b)
Affected: 4.0(1i)
Affected: 3.3(2g)
Affected: 3.2(2f)
Affected: 3.2(2g)
Affected: 3.2(2m)
Affected: 3.1(1n)
Affected: 4.1(1g)
Affected: 4.2.1
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