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-2026-20272 are related to issues with improper neutralization of special elements that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74.
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| Description | 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-2026-20272 are related to issues with improper neutralization of special elements that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74. | |
| Title | Cisco IOS XE Software Security Hardening Release | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-74 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-05T17:45:14.331Z
Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.403Z
Link: CVE-2026-20272
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Updated: 2026-08-05T17:39:11.574Z
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