CVE-2026-20359
Cisco Crosswork Security Hardening Release: August 2026
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 19, 2026, 5:18 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 19, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-20359
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
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affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
No affected product recoded yet
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL | MITRE-CVE |
Solution
- Apply the Cisco Crosswork software hardening release.
- Update the affected product.
- Ensure credentials are adequately protected.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2026-20359.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2026-20359 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-2026-20359
weaknesses.
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CVE-2026-20359 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Aug. 19, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.cve.org/Media/News/item/blog/2026/06/16/Preserving-Vulnerability-Level-Identification -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Aug. 19, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Affected [{'vendor': 'Cisco', 'product': 'Cisco Crosswork Planning', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.0.2'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.1.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.0.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.0.4'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.0.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.0.3'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.2.0'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.1.1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '7.1.2'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unknown'}] Added 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. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-522 Added Reference https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-crosswork-UzDTU9Vh