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CVE-2026-20044: cisco cisco secure firewall management center (fmc) Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 6.0v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 04-03-2026Last modified 05-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-20044 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in cisco cisco secure firewall management center (fmc). EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.0/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the lockdown mechanism of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform arbitrary commands as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on remediation modules while in lockdown mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the system CLI of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands or code as root, even when the system is in lockdown mode. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.14% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco2 products
  • cisco secure firewall management center (fmc)6.4.0.6 | 6.4.0.7 | 6.4.0.4 | 6.4.0.1 | 6.4.0.8 | 6.4.0.2 | 6.4.0.3 | 6.4.0.5 | 6.4.0 | 6.4.0.9 | 6.4.0.10 | 6.4.0.11 | 6.4.0.12 | 7.0.0 | 7.0.0.1 | 7.0.1 | 7.1.0 | 6.4.0.13 | 7.0.1.1 | 6.4.0.14 | 7.1.0.1 | 7.0.2 | 6.4.0.15 | 7.2.0 | 7.0.2.1 | 7.0.3 | 7.1.0.2 | 7.2.0.1 | 7.0.4 | 7.2.1 | 7.0.5 | 6.4.0.16 | 7.3.0 | 7.2.2 | 7.3.1 | 7.2.3 | 7.1.0.3 | 7.2.3.1 | 7.2.4 | 7.0.6 | 7.2.4.1 | 7.2.5 | 7.3.1.1 | 7.4.0 | 6.4.0.17 | 7.0.6.1 | 7.2.5.1 | 7.4.1 | 7.2.6 | 7.4.1.1 | 7.0.6.2 | 6.4.0.18 | 7.2.7 | 7.2.5.2 | 7.3.1.2 | 7.2.8 | 7.6.0 | 7.4.2 | 7.2.8.1 | 7.0.6.3 | 7.4.2.1 | 7.2.9 | 7.0.7 | 7.7.0 | 7.4.2.2 | 7.2.10 | 7.6.1 | 7.4.2.3 | 7.0.8 | 7.6.2 | 7.7.10 | 7.2.10.1 | 7.0.8.1 | 7.6.2.1 | 7.2.10.2 | 7.7.10.1 | 7.4.2.4 | 7.4.3
  • secure_firewall_management_center≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.0.18 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.8.1 | ≥ 7.1.0, ≤ 7.1.0.3 | ≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.10.2 | ≥ 7.3.0, ≤ 7.3.1.2 | ≥ 7.4.0, ≤ 7.4.3 | ≥ 7.6.0, ≤ 7.6.2.1 | ≥ 7.7.0, ≤ 7.7.10.1

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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