As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20278 are related to improper neutralization issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-707.
History

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First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco ios Xr Software
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco ios Xr Software

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20278 are related to improper neutralization issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-707.
Title Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026
Weaknesses CWE-707
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-03T03:56:26.376Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.403Z

Link: CVE-2026-20278

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T17:56:40.447Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-02T17:17:33.267

Modified: 2026-09-03T13:04:39.583

Link: CVE-2026-20278

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-03T15:30:05Z