CVE-2026-20063
Received
Received - Intake
Command Injection in Cisco Secure FTD CLI Allows Root Access
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-20063, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-03-04
Last updated on: 2026-03-04
Assigner: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Description
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input for a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as root.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| cisco | secure_ftd_software | * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-88 | The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. |
