KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITY DOSSIER
CVE-2026-20079
Cisco · Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) and Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management contain an authentication Bypass using an alternate path or channel vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute script files on an affected device to obtain root access to the underlying operating system.
Correlated Federal Court Cases & Exploitation Context (0)
No federal court indictment in the current archive directly cites CVE-2026-20079. This record tracks its addition to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2026-09-09.
Associated Government Advisories
Tracked under CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Binding Operational Directive 22-01 for federal civilian agency remediation.