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Cisco Secure Workload EUVDEUVD-2026-62570

| CVE-2026-20315 CRITICAL
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-08-19 cisco GHSA-gmcf-5grf-3p5g
10.0
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: cisco
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Vendor (cisco) PRIMARY
10.0 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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10.0 CRITICAL

Vendor-tagged unauthenticated authentication bypass over the network with no user interaction gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; compromise of a security-enforcement platform justifies S:C and full C/I/A impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: cisco

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

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Aug 19, 2026 - 17:06 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 19, 2026 - 16:19 cve.org
CRITICAL 10.0

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Authentication bypass in Cisco Secure Workload (formerly Tetration) lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker circumvent access-control checks and fully compromise the platform, reflected in a maximal CVSS 3.1 base score of 10.0 with a scope change. The flaw is one of multiple improper access-control weaknesses (CWE-284) fixed in a Cisco internal software-hardening release spanning affected builds from the 1.x line through 4.0.x. …

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Exploitation The attacker requires network reachability to the affected Cisco Secure Workload interface (CVSS AV:N) and no credentials, no privileges, and no user interaction (PR:N/UI:N, AC:L), consistent with the vendor 'Authentication Bypass' tag - meaning against a reachable, unpatched instance no special product configuration is documented as required. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, score 10.0) describes the worst-case profile: network-reachable, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, with a scope change and total confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact - consistent with an authentication bypass on a security-enforcement platform. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Patch available per vendor advisory: upgrade Cisco Secure Workload to the software-hardening release referenced in cisco-sa-hardening-csw1-shSvndWP (https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-csw1-shSvndWP); the input does not specify an exact fixed version string, so verify the fixed build for your branch (1.x, 2.x, 3.x, or 4.0.x) directly in that advisory before scheduling the upgrade. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours: isolate Cisco Secure Workload from untrusted network segments and document all dependent systems and active monitoring tenants. …

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