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TI-2020-16492 Aliases CVE-2020-27130GHSA-5f89-cfxh-c74m

Cisco Security Manager Path Traversal Vulnerability

Priority HIGH 83CWE-35Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of directory traversal character sequences within requests to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to download arbitrary files from the affected device.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.65907 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CiscoCisco Security Managerall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Security Manager VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.21VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.21 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-27130
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5f89-cfxh-c74m

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-16493 Cisco Security Manager Java Deserialization Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-09430 Cisco Security Manager Java Deserialization Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-01101 Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP service in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2010-02906 Multiple buffer overflows in the authentication functionality in the web-server module in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2019-01524 Cisco Security Manager XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2020-16487 Cisco Security Manager Static Credential Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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