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GHSA-6VJ9-8Q5M-XJPV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-05 18:31 – Updated: 2026-08-05 18:31

Details

A vulnerability in the network driver of Cisco Terminal Service (TS) Agent could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass firewall rules that are associated with the account of the attacker.

This vulnerability is due to an incorrect mapping of network connections to user accounts. An attacker with at least user-level credentials could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted network traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inherit the firewall rules associated with a different user in the system.

Severity

5.0 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2026-20028 (GCVE-0-2026-20028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 16:18 – Updated: 2026-08-05 17:19

Title

Cisco Terminal Services Agent Firewall Rules Bypass Vulnerability

Summary

A vulnerability in the network driver of Cisco Terminal Service (TS) Agent could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass firewall rules that are associated with the account of the attacker. This vulnerability is due to an incorrect mapping of network connections to user accounts. An attacker with at least user-level credentials could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted network traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inherit the firewall rules associated with a different user in the system.

Severity

5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-05 17:19 UTC

CWE

CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Assigner

cisco mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/c…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Cisco	Cisco Terminal Services Agent	Affected: TSAgent-1.3 Affected: TSAgent-1.4.2 Affected: TSAgent-1.2 Affected: TSAgent-1.4 Affected: TSAgent-1.0 Affected: TSAgent-1.4.1 Affected: TSAgent-1.1

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