CVE-2026-20045

unknown KEV

Published 2026-01-21 · Modified 2026-01-21

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

1.5

Description

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Webex Calling Dedicated Instance contain a code injection vulnerability that could allow the attacker to obtain user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Cisco
Product: Unified Communications Manager
Due date: 2026-02-11

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-voice-rce-mORhqY4b ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20045

Exploits

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-voice-rce-mORhqY4b ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20045

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.