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Cisco IOS XE Software Web-Based Management Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability

Medium 1 CVE Published Aug 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC

Summary

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling in the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating with a malformed certificate.

A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. Security Impact Rating: Medium CVE: CVE-2026-20311

Products covered

A separate affected-products list was not included in the collected bulletin.

Remediation

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.

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