GHSA-6G6F-8H58-99R5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-19 18:32 – Updated: 2026-08-19 21:30As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Crosswork 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 trackled by CVE-2026-20359 are related to insufficiently protected credentials issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-522.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-19T17:18:40Z",
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"details": "As part of Cisco\u0027s ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Crosswork engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.\n\nThe vulnerabilities trackled by CVE-2026-20359 are related to insufficiently protected credentials issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-522.",
"id": "GHSA-6g6f-8h58-99r5",
"modified": "2026-08-19T21:30:29Z",
"published": "2026-08-19T18:32:50Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20359"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-crosswork-UzDTU9Vh"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/Media/News/item/blog/2026/06/16/Preserving-Vulnerability-Level-Identification"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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