Cisco Integrated Management Controller Argument Injection (CVE-2026-20288) (cisco-sa-cimc-arg-inject-upSHdMfU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 334144

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Integrated Management Controller is affected by a vulnerability.

- A command injection vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges can exploit this, via entering crafted inputs to the web-based management interface, to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-20288)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwt45063, CSCwu57141, CSCwu57142

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 334144

File Name: cisco-sa-cimc-arg-inject-upSHdMfU_20288.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/10/2026

Updated: 8/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-20288

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:integrated_management_controller

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/CIMC/version, Host/Cisco/CIMC/model

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-20288

CWE: 141, 146

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-cimc-arg-inject-upSHdMfU

IAVA: 2026-A-0806

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwt45063, CSCwu57141, CSCwu57142

Detections

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