CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-20212

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 2, 2026Sources checked Oct 27, 2026

9.8CRITICALCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-20212 and is rated Critical severity with a CVSS score of 9.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Cisco Security Advisories guidance

Vendor revision: Sep 2, 2026

Vendor remediation details

On September 2, 2026, the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) published the following advisories: Cisco Security Advisory CVE ID Security Impact Rating CVSS Base Score Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026 CVE-2026-20277CVE-2026-20278CVE-2026-20280CVE-2026-20279CVE-2026-20276CVE-2026-20275CVE-2026-20274 Critical 9.8 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Silicon One Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2026-20212 Critical 9.8 Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series, IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Video Phone 8875 with SIP Software Denial of Service Vulnerability CVE-2026-20281 High 7.5 Cisco Secure Email Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Ciphertext Decryption Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-20355CVE-2026-20354 Medium 5.9 To remediate the vulnerabiliti

Cisco Security Advisories guidance

Vendor revision: Sep 2, 2026

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.8%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-20212?

A vulnerability in the Silicon One integration for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges.

This vulnerability exists because TCP ports 43210 and 43211 are accessible in the default Layer 3 (L3) virtual routing and forwarding (VRF). A successful exploit could allow the attacker to connect to an affected device and send crafted input that could be executed as code with root privileges.

The exploitation of this vulnerability could also cause the S1HAL process to crash, which could cause the device to reload.

Source: NVD