Cisco Secure Workload up to 4.0.3.17 access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Cisco Secure Workload. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-20315. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Cisco Secure Workload. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Workload engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20315 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-20315 since 10/08/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/19/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Secure Workload

Version

• 1.102.21
• 1.103.1.12
• 2.0.1.34
• 2.0.2.20
• 2.1.1.29
• 2.1.1.31
• 2.1.1.33
• 2.2.1.34
• 2.2.1.35
• 2.2.1.39
• 2.2.1.41
• 2.3.1.41
• 2.3.1.45
• 2.3.1.49
• 2.3.1.50
• 2.3.1.51
• 2.3.1.52
• 2.3.1.53
• 3.1.1.53
• 3.1.1.54
• 3.1.1.55
• 3.1.1.59
• 3.1.1.61
• 3.1.1.65
• 3.1.1.67
• 3.1.1.70
• 3.2.1.18
• 3.2.1.19
• 3.2.1.20
• 3.2.1.28
• 3.2.1.31
• 3.2.1.32
• 3.2.1.33
• 3.3.2.2
• 3.3.2.5
• 3.3.2.12
• 3.3.2.16
• 3.3.2.23
• 3.3.2.28
• 3.3.2.33
• 3.3.2.35
• 3.3.2.42
• 3.3.2.50
• 3.3.2.53
• 3.4.1.1
• 3.4.1.6
• 3.4.1.14
• 3.4.1.19
• 3.4.1.20
• 3.4.1.28
• 3.4.1.34
• 3.4.1.35
• 3.4.1.40
• 3.5.1.1
• 3.5.1.2
• 3.5.1.17
• 3.5.1.20
• 3.5.1.23
• 3.5.1.30
• 3.5.1.31
• 3.5.1.37
• 3.6.1.5
• 3.6.1.17
• 3.6.1.21
• 3.6.1.35
• 3.6.1.36
• 3.6.1.47
• 3.6.1.52
• 3.7.1.5
• 3.7.1.22
• 3.7.1.39
• 3.7.1.51
• 3.7.1.59
• 3.8.1.1
• 3.8.1.19
• 3.8.1.36
• 3.8.1.39
• 3.8.1.53
• 3.9.1.1
• 3.9.1.10
• 3.9.1.24
• 3.9.1.25
• 3.9.1.28
• 3.9.1.38
• 3.9.1.52
• 3.9.1.64
• 3.9.1.66
• 3.9.1.69
• 3.10.1.1
• 3.10.2.11
• 3.10.3.19
• 3.10.4.8
• 3.10.5.6
• 3.10.6.3
• 3.10.7.4
• 3.10.8.3
• 4.0.1.1
• 4.0.2.4
• 4.0.2.5
• 4.0.3.13
• 4.0.3.17

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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