cisco-sa-hardening-csw1-shSvndWPCriticalCVSS 10.0

Cisco Secure Workload Software Security Hardening Release: August 2026

Published
August 19, 2026
Last Modified
August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (5)

CVE-2026-20231 →CVE-2026-20315 →CVE-2026-20317 →CVE-2026-20318 →CVE-2026-20319 →

📋 Description

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Workload engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.

These vulnerabilities were found during internal testing and are not known to be actively exploited. To assist customers in patching and streamline the disclosure process, Cisco has grouped these issues by their underlying vulnerability class — Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) — and assigned a single Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures identifier (CVE ID).

Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.

CVE-2026-20231 — Cisco Secure Workload Software Security Hardening Release August 2026 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Vulnerabilities (CVSS 3.1 9.9, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) CVE-2026-20315 — Cisco Secure Workload Software Security Hardening Release August 2026 - Improper Access Control Vulnerabilities (CVSS 3.1 10.0, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) CVE-2026-20317 — Cisco Secure Workload Software Security Hardening Release August 2026 - Improper Authentication Vulnerabilities (CVSS 3.1 10.0, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H) CVE-2026-20318 — Cisco Secure Workload Software Security Hardening Release August 2026 - Input Validation Vulnerabilities (CVSS 3.1 9.6, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H) CVE-2026-20319 — Cisco Secure Workload Software Security Hardening Release August 2026 - Buffer Management Vulnerabilities (CVSS 3.1 7.5, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

🎯 Affected products100

  • Cisco Secure Workload
  • Cisco Secure Workload 1
  • 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
  • +70 more not shown

✅ Remediation

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

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