CVE-2026-20168 (GCVE-0-2026-20168)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-06 16:15
Modified
2026-05-06 17:59
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Summary
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to retrieve files that they do not have permission to access. This vulnerability is due to insufficient file access checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input in the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read files that they are not authorized to access.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco IoT Field Network Director (IoT-FND) Version: 4.5.1
Version: 4.4.3
Version: 4.1.0
Version: 4.1.3
Version: 4.6.1
Version: 4.1.1
Version: 4.4.0
Version: 4.2.0
Version: 4.4.2
Version: 4.3.0
Version: 4.6.0
Version: 4.4.4
Version: 4.3.2
Version: 4.1.2
Version: 4.4.1
Version: 4.5.0
Version: 4.3.1
Version: 4.7.0
Version: 4.6.2
Version: 4.7.1
Version: 4.7.2
Version: 4.8.0
Version: 4.8.1
Version: 4.9.0
Version: 4.9.1
Version: 4.10.0
Version: 4.9.2
Version: 4.11.0
Version: 4.12.0
Version: 4.12.1
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