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CVE-2026-20268
cis · cisco ios xe

Cisco IOS XE Software Security Hardening Release

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-2026-20268 are related to issues with improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-119.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
ciscisco ios xe17.2.1a, 16.12.1y, 16.12.3s, 16.7.1b, 16.6.2, 16.6.5, 16.12.1w, 16.9.1d, 17.3.1, 16.9.4c, 16.7.1, 17.2.1, 16.6.8, 16.9.1b, 16.9.2s, 16.12.4, 16.12.3a, 17.1.1s, 16.11.1a, 16.7.2, 16.11.1b, 16.9.1s, 16.9.3h, 16.9.1c, 16.6.5a, 16.6.3, 16.10.1f, 17.2.1v, 16.8.1e, 16.9.3a, 16.12.1a, 16.12.1x, 16.6.4s, 16.10.1c, 16.12.3, 16.11.2, 16.6.5b, 16.12.2s, 16.10.1b, 16.7.3, 16.6.7, 16.9.6, 16.9.2, 16.10.1, 16.12.1t, 16.9.1, 16.8.1a, 16.9.3s, 16.6.7a, 16.12.2, 16.11.1, 16.9.3, 16.11.1s, 16.12.1, 17.1.1, 17.1.2, 16.10.1d, 17.1.1t, 16.9.4, 16.8.3, 16.12.2t, 16.9.5, 16.8.1s, 16.10.1e, 16.8.2, 16.6.4, 16.8.1b, 16.10.1a, 16.12.1z, 16.8.1c, 16.9.1a, 16.9.5f, 16.6.4a, 16.10.1g, 16.8.1, 16.6.6, 16.9.2a, 16.8.1d, 16.10.3, 16.7.1a, 16.11.1c, 16.10.1s, 17.2.1r, 17.1.1a, 16.10.2, 16.12.2a, 16.12.1c, 16.12.1s, 16.7.4, 17.2.2, 16.9.8, 16.9.7, 17.1.3, 17.3.1a, 17.3.2a, 16.12.5, 17.3.1w, 17.3.2, 17.4.1, 16.12.4a, 17.4.1a, 17.3.1x, 17.3.3, 16.6.9, 17.2.3, 17.5.1, 16.12.1z1, 16.12.5a, 17.4.1b, 17.3.1z, 16.12.5b, 17.4.2, 17.3.3a, 17.3.5, 17.3.4, 17.5.1a, 16.12.6, 17.6.1, 16.12.1z2, 16.6.10, 17.3.4a, 17.6.1a, 17.7.1, 17.6.1x, 17.6.2, 16.12.6a, 17.3.4c, 17.4.2a, 17.3.4b, 17.7.1a, 16.12.7, 17.8.1a, 17.6.3a, 17.6.3, 17.7.2, 17.7.1b, 17.9.1w, 17.3.5a, 17.6.1z, 16.12.8, 17.8.1, 17.9.1, 17.6.4, 17.3.5b, 17.9.1a, 17.3.6, 17.10.1, 16.9.8a, 17.6.1z1, 17.10.1a, 17.9.2, 17.6.5, 17.9.1x, 17.9.1y, 16.9.8b, 17.3.7, 17.9.2a, 17.9.3, 16.12.9, 17.11.1, 17.10.1b, 17.6.6, 17.9.1x1, 17.11.1a, 17.9.3a, 17.12.1, 17.3.8, 17.9.4, 16.12.10, 17.12.1w, 17.9.1y1, 17.12.1a, 17.9.5, 17.13.1, 17.12.1x, 17.12.2, 17.14.1, 17.9.4a, 17.3.8a, 17.6.6a, 17.6.5a, 17.6.7, 16.12.10a, 17.15.1, 17.13.1a, 17.12.2a, 16.12.11, 17.12.3, 17.12.1y, 17.12.1z, 17.9.5a, 17.14.1a, 17.9.5b, 17.6.8, 16.12.12, 17.12.4, 17.9.6, 17.17.1, 17.16.1, 17.15.1w, 17.12.3a, 17.9.5c, 17.15.1a, 17.12.1z1, 17.15.2, 17.15.1b, 17.9.5d, 17.15.1x, 17.9.6a, 17.12.1z2, 17.6.8a, 17.16.1a, 16.12.13, 17.15.3, 17.9.7, 17.12.5, 17.15.1y, 17.9.5e, 17.12.4a, 17.15.2a, 17.15.2c, 17.15.2b, 17.12.1z3, 17.9.5f, 17.12.4b, 17.12.5a, 17.18.1, 17.12.6, 17.12.1z4, 17.9.8, 17.9.7a, 17.15.3a, 17.15.4, 17.12.5b, 17.15.3b, 16.12.14, 17.18.1z, 17.9.7b, 17.12.5c, 26.1.1, 17.18.1a, 17.15.4a, 17.18.2, 17.18.1w, 17.15.4b, 17.12.6a, 17.12.7, 17.15.4c, 17.9.9, 17.12.5d, 16.12.15, 17.15.4s1, 17.15.5, 17.12.1z5, 17.18.1x, 17.12.1z6, 17.15.4d, 17.12.6b, 17.4.1c, 17.15.5a, 17.18.1y, 17.12.7a, 17.18.3, 17.12.7b, 17.18.3a, 26.1.1a, 17.15.7, 16.12.16

Also Affects

Downstream vendors/products affected by this vulnerability

VendorProductSourceConfidence
cisios xecert_advisory90%

References

  • https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-iosxe-V8NMuMZJ

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CVE-2026-20268 | Cisco IOS XE Software up to 26.1.1a memory corruption
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CVSS 3.18.6 HIGH
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA KEV❌ No
Actively exploited❌ No
CWECWE-119
PublishedAug 5, 2026
Trending Score31
Source articles4
Independent4
Info Completeness0/14
Missing: cve_id, title, description, vendor, product, versions, cvss, epss, cwe, kev, exploit, patch, iocs, mitre_attack

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Confidence: 0%

Vulnerability Timeline

CVE Published
Aug 5, 2026
Discovered by ZDM
Aug 5, 2026