CVE-2026-20277 json
Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026
published 2026-09-02 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-18 51 d ago also EUVD-2026-70202
- cvss
- 8.2
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.
The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20277 are related to protection mechanism failure issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-693.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
Affected products
- Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
- Technology feeds
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-20277
- NVD CVE-2026-20277
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