Improper privilege management in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2026-20044
Published: March 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU123654
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-20044
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management. A local privileged user can pass specially crafted input to the system CLI of the affected device and execute arbitrary OS commands as root.
Affected software
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-20044
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - addressed in versions 7.0.9, 7.2.11, 7.4.4, 7.6.4, 7.7.11