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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2026-20321

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller API Command Injection Vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management API for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-controlled command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating using the API and sending crafted input. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device with root-level privileges.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

Default version status: unknown

  • 5.3(1d)affected
  • 5.3(2a)affected
  • 5.3(2b)affected
  • 5.3(2c)affected
  • 5.3(2d)affected
  • 5.3(2e)affected
  • 5.3(2f)affected
  • 6.1(5e)affected
  • 6.2(1f)affected
  • 6.2(1g)affected
  • 6.2(2e)affected

References