Cisco Nexus Dashboard up to 4.2.1 sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in sql injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-20361. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. 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 Nexus Dashboard 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-2026-20361 are related to SQL injection issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-89.

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-20361 since 10/08/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. 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 09/16/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Nexus Dashboard

Version

• 2.1(1d)
• 2.1(1e)
• 2.1(2d)
• 2.1(2f)
• 2.2(1e)
• 2.2(1h)
• 2.2(2d)
• 2.3(1c)
• 2.3(2b)
• 2.3(2c)
• 2.3(2d)
• 2.3(2e)
• 3.0(1f)
• 3.0(1i)
• 3.1(1k)
• 3.1(1l)
• 3.1(1n)
• 3.2(1e)
• 3.2(1i)
• 3.2(2f)
• 3.2(2g)
• 3.2(2m)
• 3.3(1a)
• 3.3(1b)
• 3.3(2b)
• 3.3(2g)
• 4.0(1i)
• 4.1(1g)
• 4.2.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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