CVE-2026-20271: Cisco IOS XE Software Security Hardening Release
Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Software
Affected: Cisco IOS XE Software · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 40% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20271 are related to insufficient control flow management issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-691.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Software17.2.1a; 16.12.1y; 16.12.3s; 16.7.1b; 16.6.2; 16.6.5 and 265 more
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Published
- August 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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