CVE-2026-20360

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software Security Hardening Release September 2026 - Information Exposure & Insecure Handling

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. No fix published yet.

CVSS 3.18.8High EPSS percentile22nd0.3% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 0 sources FixNone yetNo fix or workaround published

Published 2026-09-16Updated 2026-09-18Sources: CVE.org, NVD

NVD CVE.org

What to do

No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.

Steps

Written by AI from the record

Confirm whether your organization runs Cisco Nexus Dashboard and identify its installed version.
Ask your Cisco support contact whether your version is affected; Cisco has not published a fixed version or patch information for CVE-2026-20360.
Limit Cisco Nexus Dashboard access to necessary, trusted administrator accounts and remove unused accounts.
Review dashboard administrator activity for unexpected configuration changes or data access.

May need vendor or contractor work

Is your organisation exposed?Request an assessment to establish which checks fit your systems.

What it is

From the CVE record

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Nexus Dashboard engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20360 are related to information exposure and insecure handling issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-200.

In plain language

Written by AI from the record

Cisco Nexus Dashboard has a serious security weakness with a public attack tool available, so businesses using it should act now.

CVE-2026-20360 is a CVSS 8.8 network-accessible flaw in Cisco Nexus Dashboard involving information exposure and insecure handling; an attacker needs a low-privileged account and can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

If you're affected

Dashboard data exposure
Configuration tampering
Service disruption
Administrative platform takeover

What is it

This is a flaw in Cisco Nexus Dashboard that may let a logged-in attacker improperly access information or handle system functions in an unsafe way. Think of it as an authorized visitor being able to get behind the office reception desk and alter or expose things they should not be able to reach.

Who is affected

This matters to you if you use or run Cisco Nexus Dashboard. It is a risk when an attacker already has a low-level login to the product.

How urgent is it

A public exploit is available, meaning attackers have a ready-made starting point for abusing this weakness. Treat this as urgent: reduce access now and obtain Cisco’s remediation guidance as soon as it is available.

What to do — in detail

Inventory Cisco Nexus Dashboard deployments, their installed versions, exposed management endpoints, and all local, directory, and service accounts with access.
Cisco has not published affected-version ranges, fixed versions, or patch information for CVE-2026-20360. Open a Cisco support case or consult Cisco’s security advisories to determine whether your deployment is affected and obtain the supported remediation path.
Until Cisco provides a fix, restrict management access to trusted administrator networks and accounts, disable or remove unused accounts, and enforce least privilege for remaining users.
Review authentication, administrative, configuration-change, and data-access logs for unusual activity; preserve relevant logs for investigation if suspicious access is found.
CISA has not added this CVE to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, so there is no CISA remediation due date.

Technical context

CVSS v3.1 is 8.8 (High): AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The reported weakness is CWE-200 information exposure, with insecure handling issues also described in the hardening release. A public exploit is available; exploit maturity is therefore public/weaponized. EPSS is 0.3% at the 25th percentile with a flat trend. CISA KEV does not list this CVE. No vendor fix or patch information is available.

This is a general assessment based on public vulnerability data. It does not account for your specific infrastructure — when in doubt, consult a security specialist.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS22nd

Public exploit

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

0 sources with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 22nd percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

7 events over 2 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-09-18Record updatedrecord updated
2026-09-17Record updated
2026-09-16Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated

Affected products

Ciscocommercial · USaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
- Cisco Nexus DashboardNetworking Infrastructure

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Scored 8.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable