Cisco IOS XE up to 17.18.1x crlf injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco IOS XE. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Application Hosting Environment Management Interface. The manipulation leads to crlf injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-20113. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS XE. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Application Hosting Environment Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a crlf injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-93. The product uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based Cisco IOx application hosting environment management interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a carriage return line feed (CRLF) injection attack against a user. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to arbitrarily inject log entries, manipulate the structure of log files, or obscure legitimate log events.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-20113 since 10/08/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/31/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-15443). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Crlf injection
CWE: CWE-93 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/08/2025 CVE reserved
03/25/2026 +168 days Advisory disclosed
03/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/31/2026 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-iox-crlf-NvgKTKJZ
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-20113 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-20113
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-353177
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2026 17:23
Updated: 03/31/2026 01:10
Changes: 03/25/2026 17:23 (65), 03/25/2026 18:17 (1), 03/31/2026 01:10 (1)
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