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CERT-In Vulnerability Note CIVN-2026-0402
Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Integrated Management Controller

Original Issue Date:August 10, 2026

Severity Rating: HIGH

Systems Affected

  • 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute Systems (ENCS)
  • Catalyst 8300 Series Edge uCPE
  • UCS C-Series M5 and M6 Rack Servers in standalone mode
  • UCS C-Series M7 and M8 Rack Servers in standalone mode
  • UCS E-Series Servers M3
  • UCS E-Series Servers M6
  • UCS S-Series Storage Servers in standalone mode

Overview

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) which could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.

Target Audience:
All organizations and individuals using and maintaining CISCO products.

Risk Assessment:
High risk of arbitrary code execution on the underlying operating system.

Impact Assessment:
High impact on Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of the system.

Description

Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) is an embedded remote management controller for Cisco UCS servers, providing out-of-band administration and hardware management.

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by submitting crafted inputs to the web-based management interface of the affected software.

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.

Solution

Apply appropriate security updates as mentioned by the vendor:
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cimc-arg-inject-upSHdMfU

Vendor Information

CISCO
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cimc-arg-inject-upSHdMfU

References

 
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cimc-arg-inject-upSHdMfU

CVE Name
CVE-2026-20288
CVE-2026-20200

Disclaimer

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Phone: +91-11-22902657

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan
6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
India

 
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