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CVE-2026-20269
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-2026-20269 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.

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

Related News (3 articles)

Tier B
BSI Advisories17d ago
[NEU] [hoch] Cisco IOS XE: Mehrere Schwachstellen
→ No new info (linked only)
Tier B
CERT-FR18d ago
Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Cisco (06 août 2026)
→ No new info (linked only)
Tier C
VulDB18d ago
CVE-2026-20269 | Cisco IOS XE Software up to 26.1.1a resource control
→ No new info (linked only)
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-664
PublishedAug 5, 2026
Trending Score8
Source articles3
Independent3
Info Completeness0/14
Missing: cve_id, title, description, vendor, product, versions, cvss, epss, cwe, kev, exploit, patch, iocs, mitre_attack

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Verification

State: unverified
Confidence: 0%

Vulnerability Timeline

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