TI-2026-16511 Aliases CVE-2026-20326 GHSA-7m45-wvmr-jx5q

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software Security Hardening Release September 2026 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

MEDIUM 44CWE-306Published 2026-09-16 · Updated 2026-09-18

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.

Summary

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Nexus Dashboard engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20326 are related to missing authentication for critical function issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-306.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0058 47th 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: No
Technical impact: Total

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Cisco	Cisco Nexus Dashboard	2.1(1d); 2.1(1e); 2.1(2d); 2.2(1h); 2.2(1e); 2.2(2d); 2.1(2f); 2.3(1c); 2.3(2b); 2.3(2c); 2.3(2d); 2.3(2e); 3.0(1f); 3.0(1i); 3.1(1k); 3.1(1l); 3.2(1e); 3.2(1i); 3.3(1a); 3.3(1b); 3.3(2b); 4.0(1i); 3.3(2g); 3.2(2f); 3.2(2g); 3.2(2m); 3.1(1n); 4.1(1g); 4.2.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

Cisco Nexus Dashboard VendorCisco Affected 2.1(1d); 2.1(1e); 2.1(2d); 2.2(1h); 2.2(1e); 2.2(2d); 2.1(2f); 2.3(1c); 2.3(2b); 2.3(2c); 2.3(2d); 2.3(2e); 3.0(1f); 3.0(1i); 3.1(1k); 3.1(1l); 3.2(1e); 3.2(1i); 3.3(1a); 3.3(1b); 3.3(2b); 4.0(1i); 3.3(2g); 3.2(2f); 3.2(2g); 3.2(2m); 3.1(1n); 4.1(1g); 4.2.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:nexus_dashboard::::::::	—	—	Cisco

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:nexus_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-20326
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7m45-wvmr-jx5q

References

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Sources

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