Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Webex Calling Dedicated Instance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input in HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a sequence of crafted HTTP requests to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain user-level access to the underlying operating system and then elevate privileges to root. Note: Cisco has assigned this security advisory a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of Critical rather than High as the score indicates. The reason is that exploitation of this vulnerability could result in an attacker elevating privileges to root.
Related CPE's
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cisco
unified_communications_manager
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cisco
unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service
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cisco
unity_connection
References
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-20045
CVSS impact metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
8.2 · High
Information
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Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Published
2026-01-21T17:16:08.077Z
4 weeks agoLast modified
2026-01-22T14:28:35.883Z
4 weeks ago