Cisco IMC Web Management Interface Remote Code Execution
CVE-2026-20097 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC). According to the provided content, the flaw is caused by improper validation of user-supplied input in the web interface. An authenticated remote attacker with admin-level privileges can exploit the issue by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the underlying operating system as the root user.
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Impact, mitigation & remediation
What it means. What to do now. Patch path, mitigations, and the assume-compromise checklist.
Impact
What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
Mitigation
If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.
Remediation
Patch, then assume compromise.
Exploits
No public exploits tracked yet. Mallory keeps watching.
No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Affected products & vendors
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
Recent activity
6 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A vulnerability in Cisco IMC that allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.
A medium-severity remote code execution vulnerability in the Cisco IMC web-based management interface that allows a remote high-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.
The version that knows your environment.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.