Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 79% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.
The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20279 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Cisco · Cisco IOS XR Software