CVE-2026-20360: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Cisco Cisco Nexus Dashboard
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Cisco Nexus Dashboard version 4.2.1 contains vulnerabilities related to the exposure of sensitive information and insecure handling, grouped under CWE-200. These issues were discovered internally by Cisco's engineering team during a comprehensive security review. The vulnerability allows unauthorized actors to access sensitive information, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected by a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). No information about public exploits or patch availability is provided.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized actors to gain access to sensitive information, which can lead to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Given the high CVSS score, exploitation could severely impact the security posture of Cisco Nexus Dashboard deployments running version 4.2.1.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor Cisco's advisories for updates and apply any forthcoming security updates promptly.
CVE-2026-20360: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Cisco Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Description
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Cisco
Cisco Nexus Dashboard
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Cisco Nexus Dashboard version 4.2.1 contains vulnerabilities related to the exposure of sensitive information and insecure handling, grouped under CWE-200. These issues were discovered internally by Cisco's engineering team during a comprehensive security review. The vulnerability allows unauthorized actors to access sensitive information, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected by a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). No information about public exploits or patch availability is provided.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized actors to gain access to sensitive information, which can lead to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Given the high CVSS score, exploitation could severely impact the security posture of Cisco Nexus Dashboard deployments running version 4.2.1.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor Cisco's advisories for updates and apply any forthcoming security updates promptly.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- cisco
- Date Reserved
- 2025-10-08T11:59:15.414Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aab006d55bf5e2cf5232027
Added to database: 09/16/2026, 20:47:41 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 21:02:07 UTC
Last updated: 09/17/2026, 03:01:23 UTC
Views: 5
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