CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-20131

10.0 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2026-03-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability — Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management contain a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the web-based management interface that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary Java code as root on an affected device.

Added to KEV
2026-03-19
Remediation due
2026-03-22
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-rce-NKhnULJh ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20131
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-03-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-502

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary Java code as root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of a user-supplied Java byte stream. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and elevate privileges to root. Note: If the FMC management interface does not have public internet access, the attack surface that is associated with this vulnerability is reduced.

Affected configurations

• cisco secure firewall management center 6.4.0.13 • cisco secure firewall management center 6.4.0.14 • cisco secure firewall management center 6.4.0.15 • cisco secure firewall management center 6.4.0.16 • cisco secure firewall management center 6.4.0.17 • cisco secure firewall management center 6.4.0.18 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.0 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.0.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.1.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.2 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.2.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.3 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.4 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.5 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.6 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.6.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.6.2 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.6.3 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.7 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.8 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.0.8.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.1.0 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.1.0.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.1.0.2 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.1.0.3 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.0 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.0.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.2 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.3 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.3.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.4 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.4.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.5 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.5.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.5.2 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.6 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.7 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.8 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.8.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.9 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.10 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.10.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.2.10.2 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.3.0 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.3.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.3.1.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.3.1.2 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.0 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.1.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.2 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.2.1 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.2.2 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.2.3 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.2.4 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.3 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.4 • cisco secure firewall management center 7.4.5 … and 11 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness

References