- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.50%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A vulnerability in the Metadata update feature of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the metadata update file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a metadata update file and manually uploading it to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write arbitrary files to the underlying operating system as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. Note: Manual uploading of metadata files is typical for Air-Gap environments but not for Cisco Intersight Cloud connected devices. However, the manual upload option exists for both deployments.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
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 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (12 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 4.9.
Affected products
- affected 3.1(1k)
- affected 3.1(1l)
- affected 3.2(1e)
- affected 3.2(1i)
- affected 3.3(1a)
- affected 3.3(1b)
- affected 3.3(2b)
- affected 4.0(1i)
- affected 3.3(2g)
- affected 3.2(2f)
- affected 3.2(2g)
- affected 3.2(2m)
- affected 3.1(1n)
- affected 4.1(1g)
Cisco · Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights
- affected 2.2.2.125
- affected 2.2.2.126
- affected 5.0.1.150
- affected 5.0.1.154
- affected 5.1.0.131
- affected 5.1.0.135
- affected 6.0.1
- affected 6.0.2
- affected 6.1.1
- affected 6.1.2
- affected 6.1.3
- affected 6.2.1
- affected 6.2.2
- affected 6.3.1
- affected 6.4.1
What to do
Exploitation: The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or 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-2026-17957 (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-2026-20174)Record last updated .