Vulnerability
CVE-2026-20079
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center: authentication bypass
Most severe levelDEFCON 3 · Substantial risk
Official data
- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 · critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-288
- EPSS
- 88.47% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs
- CISA KEV catalogue
- Yes, since 9 September 2026
Sources: NVD (CVSS, weakness, publication), FIRST (EPSS), CISA (KEV catalogue).
Data read on 4 November 2026.
Timeline
- 4 March 2026Published on NVD
- 5 March 2026First in the DefenceLevel briefing
- 9 September 2026Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
In DefenceLevel briefings7 days
- 14 October 2026Worth watching
- 7 October 2026New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 4
- 12 September 2026Still ongoingDEFCON 4
- 11 September 2026Still ongoingDEFCON 4
- 10 September 2026New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
- 7 August 2026Worth watching
- 5 March 2026New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 4
Last 12 months.
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