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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-20079 (CRITICAL 10.0) — A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute script files on an affected device to obtain root access to the underlying operating system. 

[NVD] CVE-2026-20079 (CRITICAL 10.0) — A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute script files on an affected device to obtain root access to the underlying operating system. 

lownvdPublished 2026-03-04

CVE-2026-20079 CVSS: 10.0 CRITICAL Published: 2026-03-04T18:16:24.230

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute script files on an affected device to obtain root access to the underlying operating system. 

This vulnerability is due to an improper system

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20079