Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center up to 7.7.10.1 REST API sql injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component REST API. Executing a manipulation can lead to sql injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-20003. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component REST API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Secure FMC Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to inadequate validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain read access to the database and read certain files on the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need valid user credentials with any of the following roles: Administrator Security approver Intrusion admin Access admin Network admin

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-20003 since 10/08/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/05/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0610). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
• Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Secure Firewall Management Center

Version

• 7.0.0
• 7.0.0.1
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.1.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.2.1
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.6.1
• 7.0.6.2
• 7.0.6.3
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.8.1
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.0.1
• 7.1.0.2
• 7.1.0.3
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.0.1
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.3.1
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.4.1
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.5.1
• 7.2.5.2
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7
• 7.2.8
• 7.2.8.1
• 7.2.9
• 7.2.10
• 7.2.10.1
• 7.2.10.2
• 7.3.0
• 7.3.1
• 7.3.1.1
• 7.3.1.2
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.1.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.2.1
• 7.4.2.2
• 7.4.2.3
• 7.4.2.4
• 7.4.3
• 7.6.0
• 7.6.1
• 7.6.2
• 7.6.2.1
• 7.6.3
• 7.7.0
• 7.7.10
• 7.7.10.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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