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CVE-2026-20315: Improper Access Control in Cisco Cisco Secure Workload

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Critical
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-20315cvecve-2026-20315
Published: 08/19/2026 (08/19/2026, 16:19:36 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Cisco
Product: Cisco Secure Workload

Description

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Workload 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-2026-20315 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.

CVSS v3.1

Score 10.0critical

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Affected versions
=2.2.1.41=3.2.1.18=3.3.2.50=3.4.1.28=3.4.1.34=2.3.1.45=2.3.1.41=3.3.2.28=3.1.1.59=2.0.2.20=2.1.1.33=2.1.1.29=3.2.1.28=3.4.1.35=3.1.1.65=3.1.1.67=2.0.1.34=2.3.1.49=2.2.1.39=3.4.1.19=3.3.2.23=3.1.1.61=3.1.1.54=3.5.1.17=3.3.2.33=3.5.1.1=2.3.1.53=3.5.1.20=3.5.1.30=3.3.2.16=3.1.1.55=3.4.1.6=2.3.1.50=2.3.1.52=3.2.1.19=2.2.1.35=3.1.1.53=3.1.1.70=3.2.1.20=3.5.1.2=1.103.1.12=2.3.1.51=3.3.2.42=3.4.1.1=3.3.2.12=2.1.1.31=3.5.1.23=3.3.2.53=3.4.1.14=3.3.2.2=3.4.1.20=3.3.2.35=2.2.1.34=1.102.21=3.3.2.5=3.5.1.31=3.6.1.5=3.2.1.31=3.5.1.37=3.4.1.40=3.6.1.17=3.6.1.21=3.2.1.32=3.2.1.33=3.6.1.35=3.6.1.36=3.7.1.5=3.6.1.47=3.7.1.22=3.6.1.52=3.7.1.39=3.8.1.1=3.7.1.51=3.8.1.19=3.8.1.36=3.7.1.59=3.8.1.39=3.9.1.1=3.9.1.10=3.9.1.24=3.9.1.25=3.9.1.28=3.9.1.38=3.8.1.53=3.9.1.52=3.10.1.1=3.9.1.64=3.10.2.11=3.9.1.66=3.10.3.19=3.9.1.69=3.10.4.8=3.10.5.6=4.0.1.1=4.0.2.4=4.0.2.5=3.10.6.3=3.10.7.4=4.0.3.13=4.0.3.17=3.10.8.32.2.1.413.2.1.183.3.2.503.4.1.283.4.1.342.3.1.452.3.1.413.3.2.283.1.1.592.0.2.202.1.1.332.1.1.293.2.1.283.4.1.353.1.1.653.1.1.672.0.1.342.3.1.492.2.1.393.4.1.193.3.2.233.1.1.613.1.1.543.5.1.173.3.2.333.5.1.12.3.1.533.5.1.203.5.1.303.3.2.163.1.1.553.4.1.62.3.1.502.3.1.523.2.1.192.2.1.353.1.1.533.1.1.703.2.1.203.5.1.21.103.1.122.3.1.513.3.2.423.4.1.13.3.2.122.1.1.313.5.1.233.3.2.533.4.1.143.3.2.23.4.1.203.3.2.352.2.1.341.102.213.3.2.53.5.1.313.6.1.53.2.1.313.5.1.373.4.1.403.6.1.173.6.1.213.2.1.323.2.1.333.6.1.353.6.1.363.7.1.53.6.1.473.7.1.223.6.1.523.7.1.393.8.1.13.7.1.513.8.1.193.8.1.363.7.1.593.8.1.393.9.1.13.9.1.103.9.1.243.9.1.253.9.1.283.9.1.383.8.1.533.9.1.523.10.1.13.9.1.643.10.2.113.9.1.663.10.3.193.9.1.693.10.4.83.10.5.64.0.1.14.0.2.44.0.2.53.10.6.33.10.7.44.0.3.134.0.3.173.10.8.3

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 08/19/2026, 16:39:50 UTC

Technical Analysis

Cisco Secure Workload contains multiple improper access control vulnerabilities grouped under CWE-284, identified during an internal security review. These vulnerabilities allow unauthorized access that could lead to complete compromise of the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating network exploitable, no privileges or user interaction required, with a scope change and high impact on all security properties. Affected versions include numerous specific releases from 1.102.21 through 4.0.3.17 and others as listed. No vendor advisory or patch information is provided in the input data.

Potential Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass access controls, potentially leading to full system compromise including confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Cisco Secure Workload. This could enable attackers to execute arbitrary actions or gain unauthorized access to sensitive data.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no official fix or temporary workaround is provided in the available data, users should monitor Cisco advisories closely and apply updates as soon as they become available.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
cisco
Date Reserved
2025-10-08T11:59:15.410Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a85d85eacd9273b49511c7d

Added to database: 08/19/2026, 16:22:54 UTC

Last enriched: 08/19/2026, 16:39:50 UTC

Last updated: 08/19/2026, 19:24:24 UTC

Views: 12

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