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CVE-2026-20272
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive inter…
Impact
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-2026-20272 are related to issues with improper neutralization of special elements that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Ios Xe | Versions 16.6.2, 16.6.3, 16.6.4, 16.6.4a, 16.6.4s, 16.6.5 |