VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-20167

high
Published 2026-05-06 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
7.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.7

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to cause a DoS condition on a remotely managed router. This vulnerability is due to improper error handling. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to request unauthorized files from a remote router, causing the router to reload and resulting in a DoS condition.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
85%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

CWEs

CWE-284

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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