cisco-sa-csw-pnbsa-g8WEnuyCriticalCVSS 10.0

Cisco Secure Workload Unauthorized API Access Vulnerability

Published
May 20, 2026
Last Modified
May 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-20223 →

📋 Description

A vulnerability in the access validation of internal REST APIs of Cisco Secure Workload could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access site resources with the privileges of the Site Admin role.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation and authentication when accessing REST API endpoints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability if they are able to send a crafted API request to an affected endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read sensitive information and make configuration changes across tenant boundaries with the privileges of the Site Admin user.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

CVE-2026-20223 — Cisco Secure Workload Unauthorized API Access Vulnerability (CVSS 3.1 10.0, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

🎯 Affected products97

  • Cisco Secure Workload
  • Cisco Secure Workload 1.102.21
  • Cisco Secure Workload 1.103.1.12
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.0.1.34
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.0.2.20
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.1.1.29
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.1.1.31
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.1.1.33
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.2.1.34
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.2.1.35
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.2.1.39
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.2.1.41
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.3.1.41
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.3.1.45
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.3.1.49
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.3.1.50
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.3.1.51
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.3.1.52
  • Cisco Secure Workload 2.3.1.53
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.1.1.53
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.1.1.54
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.1.1.55
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.1.1.59
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.1.1.61
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.1.1.65
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.1.1.67
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.1.1.70
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.10.1.1
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.10.2.11
  • Cisco Secure Workload 3.10.3.19
  • +67 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. https://software.cisco.com Workarounds: There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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