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CVE-2026-20079Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability

14 articles from 7 outlets between 4 Mar and 17 Sep. First reported by Security Affairs; added to CISA KEV 189 days later. The busiest day was Thu 10 Sep, with 4 articles.

Articles: 14; all time · from 7 outlets
Days with coverage: 8; of 198 days · all time
Busiest day · all time: 4; articles on Thu 10 Sep
Last 7 days: 0a day; vs 0.1 a day · previous 7 days
First report to KEV: 189days; listed 9 Sep
Federal deadline: Passed; Sat 12 Sep · 43 days ago

Coverage over time

14 articles · 4 Mar – 17 Sep

4 MarFirst report4 Mar · Security Affairs
9 SepAdded to CISA KEV9 Sep · cisa.gov
12 SepFederal deadlineSat 12 Sep, 23:59 UTC

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CVE-2026-20079: articles per day
Day (UTC)	Articles	Outlets
Wed 4 Mar	1	Security Affairs 1
Thu 5 Mar	3	SecurityWeek 1, Infosecurity 1, Dark Reading 1
Thu 6 Aug	1	SecurityWeek 1
Wed 9 Sep	1	SecurityOnline 1
Thu 10 Sep	4	CISA 1, SecurityWeek 1, The Hacker News 1, Security Affairs 1
Fri 11 Sep	2	The Hacker News 1, Security Affairs 1
Mon 14 Sep	1	Dark Reading 1
Thu 17 Sep	1	SecurityWeek 1

Articles

14 articles

Thu 17 Sep1 article

12:30
Cisco Patches Dozens of Flaws as ISE Zero Day Faces ExploitationSecurityWeek · mentions it in passing

Mon 14 Sep1 article

22:16
Russia-linked hackers exploit Cisco firewall flaws to deploy Cyclops BlinkDark Reading

Fri 11 Sep2 articles

10:37
Cisco Firewall Flaws Exploited to Deploy Qilin RansomwareSecurity Affairs
07:48
Cisco Firewall Flaws Exploited to Deploy Web Shells and RansomwareThe Hacker News

Thu 10 Sep4 articles

19:46
CISA Flags Four Actively Exploited Flaws Including Cisco Zero DaySecurity Affairs · mentions it in passing
11:36
CISA Flags Cisco, Citrix and Fortinet Flaws Under Active AttackThe Hacker News
10:30
Cisco Firewall Flaw Exploited by Sandworm and Qilin RansomwareSecurityWeek
01:32
CISA Flags Actively Exploited Cisco Firewall Flaw Enabling Root AccessCISA · official notice

Wed 9 Sep1 article

23:28
Cisco Warns Attackers Are Exploiting Critical FMC Flaws for Root AccessSecurityOnline

Thu 6 Aug1 article

07:51
Cisco fixes critical flaws in Catalyst SDWAN and firewall gearSecurityWeek · mentions it in passing

Thu 5 Mar3 articles

20:43
Cisco flags 48 firewall flaws; two CVEs enable FMC auth bypassDark Reading
10:57
Cisco fixes 48 Secure Firewall flaws; CVE-2026-20079 auth bypassInfosecurity
08:56
Cisco patches 50 flaws after authentication bypass CVE-2026-20079SecurityWeek

Wed 4 Mar1 article

22:51
Cisco FMC CVE-2026-20079 and CVE-2026-20131 grant root accessSecurity Affairs · first report