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CVSS 10.0CVSS 10.0 · CRITICAL

CVE-2026-20315Improper Access Control in Cisco Secure Workload

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-2026-20315 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.

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Analysis

Cisco Secure Workload contains multiple improper access control vulnerabilities that can lead to a complete security bypass. With a CVSS score of 10.0, these flaws could allow unauthorized users to circumvent policies in cloud and data center environments. Teams using this platform for micro-segmentation should apply the hardening release immediately.

Relevant roles

CyberSecurityCloudKubernetesDockerBackendLinux

Severity

Score: 10.0(CRITICAL)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV: NETWORK
AC: LOW
PR: NONE
UI: NONE
S: CHANGED
C: HIGH
I: HIGH
A: HIGH
Weakness (CWE): CWE-284

EPSS

No EPSS score yet (CVE may be too fresh).

Technical description

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-2026-20315 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.

Published: 8/19/2026, 5:18:39 PM
Last modified: 8/19/2026, 7:17:13 PM

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