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8.1
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-20156
Cisco RoomOS Security Hardening Release - Buffer Management Vulnerabilities
Overview
Description

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco RoomOS 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 tracked by CVE-2026-20156 are related to improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-119.

Details
INFO

Published Date :

July 15, 2026, 5:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 15, 2026, 7:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Impact
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-20156 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

: Total Affected Vendor : 0 | Products : 0
Scoring
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Apply software hardening release to address memory buffer vulnerabilities.
  • Update software to the latest security release.
  • Apply vendor-provided patches.
  • Test system functionality after updates.
References
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2026-20156.

URL Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-roomos-AqNMbEq
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2026-20156 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2026-20156 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jul. 15, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-20156', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'total'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-07-15T18:05:33.626503Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'Cisco', 'product': 'Cisco RoomOS Software', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.11.2.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.15.2.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.5.4.6'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.5.2.4'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.8.2.5'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.11.5.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.11.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.15.5.3'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.19.2.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.1.3.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.11.6.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.19.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.19.4.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.3.2.4'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.3.4.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.15.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.1.4.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.14.2.3'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.1.2.4'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.8.3.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.14.2.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.3.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.8.4.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.15.4.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.19.5.6'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.11.4.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.9.3.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.5.3.3'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.3.2.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.9.2.4'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.14.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.17.2.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.14.4.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 10.19 StepUpg'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.17.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.20.2.3'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.14.5.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.17.4.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.20.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.23.1.6'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.23.1.8'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.24.1.5'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.24.2.4'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.24.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.24.4.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.27.2.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.28.1.3'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.27.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.31.1.5'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.27.4.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.32.2.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.33.1.7'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 26.0.1.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.34.1.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.32.3.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.27.5.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.32.4.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 26.1.1.5'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.35.1.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 26.2.2.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.32.5.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 26.4.1.6'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 26.4.1.4'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 26.3.1.3'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.36.1.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.37.1.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 26.5.2.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'RoomOS 11.38.1.1'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unknown'}]
    Added Description As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco RoomOS 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 tracked by CVE-2026-20156 are related to improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-119.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added Reference https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-roomos-AqNMbEq
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