CVE-2026-20340 — Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Deserialization Arbitrary Root Command Execution Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Cisco Secure FMC Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands at the root privilege level. This vulnerability …
Published: 2026-09-16 · CVSS: 8.8 · CVSS 3.1
A vulnerability in Cisco Secure FMC Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands at the root privilege level. This vulnerability is due to unsecured deserialization of web-management user-controlled data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and sending a crafted HTTP payload. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to save the crafted payload and then execute it on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Security Analyst (read-only).
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7