#VU123654 Improper privilege management in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2026-20044
Published: March 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU123654
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-20044
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.