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Cisco Secure Workload Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Vulnerabilities Allow Authenticated Attackers to Inject Directives into Application Commands, Scoring CVSS 9.9

Last refreshed2026-09-28

Status: NEW  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-20231

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-20231
CVSS Score / Version9.9 (Critical) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-08-20
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Proseattack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is low; user interaction is none; scope is changed; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Classified asCWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection'))

What to Know

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Workload 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 tracked by CVE-2026-20231 are related to improper neutralization of special elements issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-74. (NVD)

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20231
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20231