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CVE-2026-20268 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software identified during an internal security review and addressed through Cisco software hardening releases. The issue is classified as improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer and covers memory-safety flaws such as possible buffer overflows and out-of-bounds writes. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable and affects Cisco IOS XE Software running in autonomous mode or controller mode across reviewed release trains. Available information does not identify a specific vulnerable function or code path, but the weakness class indicates that crafted network input can trigger unsafe memory operations that may destabilize the affected process or device.
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A set of buffer overflow and out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities affecting Cisco IOS XE Software.
A Cisco IOS XE Software memory buffer handling vulnerability involving improper restriction of operations within a memory buffer.
A Cisco IOS XE Software memory buffer handling vulnerability involving improper restriction of operations within a memory buffer.
An improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software.
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