CVE-2026-20110A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS)…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.14%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 97% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because incorrect privileges are associated with the start maintenance command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the management CLI of the affected device as a low-privileged user and using the start maintenance command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to put the device in maintenance mode, which shuts down interfaces, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. In case of exploitation, a device administrator can connect to the CLI and use the stop maintenance command to restore operations.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciscoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.14% · top 97% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
- affected 16.6.1
- affected 16.6.2
- affected 16.6.3
- affected 16.6.4
- affected 16.6.5
- affected 16.6.4a
- affected 16.6.5a
- affected 16.6.6
- affected 16.6.7
- affected 16.6.8
- affected 16.6.9
- affected 16.6.10
- affected 16.7.1
- affected 16.7.1a
- affected 16.7.1b
- affected 16.7.2
- affected 16.7.3
- affected 16.7.4
- affected 16.8.1
- affected 16.8.1a
- affected 16.8.1b
- affected 16.8.1s
- affected 16.8.1c
- affected 16.8.1d
- affected 16.8.2
- affected 16.8.1e
- affected 16.8.3
- affected 16.9.1
- affected 16.9.2
- affected 16.9.1a
- affected 16.9.1b
- affected 16.9.1s
- affected 16.9.3
- affected 16.9.4
- affected 16.9.3a
- affected 16.9.5
- affected 16.9.5f
- affected 16.9.6
- affected 16.9.7
- affected 16.9.8
- and 190 more
What to do
Exploitation: The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is aware that a public announcement is available for the vulnerability that is described in this advisory. The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-15440 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-20110)Record last updated .