As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a…
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20269 are related to issues with improper control of a resource through its lifetime that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-664.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Apple, Cisco
- Product
- ios, ios xe
- CVSS
- 8.6
- Exposure class
- Edge / VPN / firewall, Mobile OS
Why it ranks 28 (Notable)
- CVSS 8.6 high
- Exposed product class: edge / VPN / firewall
- Widely deployed vendor product (Apple)
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-20269 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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