CVE-2026-20268

HIGHPre-NVD 8.68.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20268 are related to issues with improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-119.

CVSS v3
8.6
EG Score
8.6(high)
EG Risk
54(Track)
EG Risk 54/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity86% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
19%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

Cisco IOS XE Software Security Hardening Release: August 2026

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-iosxe-V8NMuMZJ

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-20268(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 28× in last 7d / 62× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 20:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-20 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 18:52 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-19 18:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-19 04:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 15:58 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-18 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 02:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 14:02 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-17 01:06 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-16 12:10 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-16 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-15 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-15 10:17 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-15 10:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-14 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-14 17:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-14 04:59 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-14 04:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-13 16:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-13 03:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-12 14:04 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-12 14:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-12 01:27 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-12 01:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-11 12:31 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-11 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-10 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-10 10:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-09 21:42 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-09 21:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-09 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-08 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-08 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-08 06:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-07 17:57 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-07 17:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-07 05:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-06 16:05 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-06 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-06 07:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-05 18:31 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-05 18:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-05 17:57 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-05 17:29 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-05 16:52 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-08-05 16:50 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-20268?
CVE-2026-20268 is a high vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The…
When was CVE-2026-20268 disclosed?
CVE-2026-20268 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-20268 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-20268 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 81.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-20268?
CVE-2026-20268 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-20268?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-20268, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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