CVE-2026-20040 (GCVE-0-2026-20040)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 16:31 – Updated: 2026-03-12 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker with a low-privileged account could exploit this vulnerability by using crafted commands at the prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-11 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XR Software |
Affected:
6.5.3
Affected: 6.5.29 Affected: 6.5.1 Affected: 6.6.1 Affected: 6.5.2 Affected: 6.5.92 Affected: 6.5.15 Affected: 6.6.2 Affected: 7.0.1 Affected: 6.6.25 Affected: 6.5.26 Affected: 6.6.11 Affected: 6.5.25 Affected: 6.5.28 Affected: 6.5.93 Affected: 6.6.12 Affected: 6.5.90 Affected: 7.1.1 Affected: 7.0.90 Affected: 6.6.3 Affected: 6.7.1 Affected: 7.0.2 Affected: 7.1.15 Affected: 7.2.1 Affected: 7.1.2 Affected: 6.7.2 Affected: 7.0.11 Affected: 7.0.12 Affected: 7.0.14 Affected: 7.1.25 Affected: 6.6.4 Affected: 7.2.12 Affected: 7.3.1 Affected: 7.1.3 Affected: 6.7.3 Affected: 7.4.1 Affected: 7.2.2 Affected: 6.7.4 Affected: 6.5.31 Affected: 7.3.15 Affected: 7.3.16 Affected: 6.8.1 Affected: 7.4.15 Affected: 6.5.32 Affected: 7.3.2 Affected: 7.5.1 Affected: 7.4.16 Affected: 7.3.27 Affected: 7.6.1 Affected: 7.5.2 Affected: 7.8.1 Affected: 7.6.15 Affected: 7.5.12 Affected: 7.8.12 Affected: 7.3.3 Affected: 7.7.1 Affected: 6.8.2 Affected: 7.3.4 Affected: 7.4.2 Affected: 6.7.35 Affected: 6.9.1 Affected: 7.6.2 Affected: 7.5.3 Affected: 7.7.2 Affected: 6.9.2 Affected: 7.9.1 Affected: 7.10.1 Affected: 7.8.2 Affected: 7.5.4 Affected: 6.5.33 Affected: 7.8.22 Affected: 7.7.21 Affected: 7.9.2 Affected: 7.3.5 Affected: 7.5.5 Affected: 7.11.1 Affected: 7.9.21 Affected: 7.10.2 Affected: 24.1.1 Affected: 7.6.3 Affected: 7.3.6 Affected: 7.5.52 Affected: 7.11.2 Affected: 24.2.1 Affected: 24.1.2 Affected: 24.2.11 Affected: 24.3.1 Affected: 24.4.1 Affected: 24.2.2 Affected: 7.8.23 Affected: 7.11.21 Affected: 24.2.20 Affected: 24.3.2 Affected: 24.4.10 Affected: 6.5.35 Affected: 25.1.1 Affected: 24.4.2 Affected: 24.3.20 Affected: 24.4.15 Affected: 25.2.1 Affected: 6.5.351 Affected: 25.1.2 Affected: 24.3.30 Affected: 25.3.1 Affected: 6.5.352 Affected: 24.4.30 Affected: 24.2.21 Affected: 25.4.1 Affected: 25.2.2 Affected: 25.2.15 Affected: 7.2.0 Affected: 7.0.0 Affected: 25.2.30 Affected: 6.5.353 Affected: 25.1.30 Affected: 25.3.15 |
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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