Description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Crosswork engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.

The vulnerabilities trackled by CVE-2026-20359 are related to insufficiently protected credentials issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-522.
Published: 2026-08-19
Score: 9.9 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco cisco Crosswork Planning
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco cisco Crosswork Planning

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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Crosswork engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities trackled by CVE-2026-20359 are related to insufficiently protected credentials issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-522.
Title Cisco Crosswork Security Hardening Release: August 2026
Weaknesses CWE-522
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Cisco Cisco Crosswork Planning
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T15:57:08.476Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.414Z

Link: CVE-2026-20359

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-19T18:31:51.604Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-19T17:18:40.943

Modified: 2026-08-20T16:17:22.217

Link: CVE-2026-20359

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T14:15:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-522

    Insufficiently Protected Credentials