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CVE-2026-20269

Cisco IOS XE Software Security Hardening Release PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20269 are related to issues with improper control of a resource through its lifetime that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-664.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Cisco / Cisco IOS XE Softwareaffected 17.2.1a; affected 16.12.1y; affected 16.12.3s; affected 16.7.1b; affected 16.6.2; affected 16.6.5; affected 16.12.1w; affected 16.9.1d; affected 17.3.1; affected 16.9.4c; affected 16.7.1; affected 17.2.1; affected 16.6.8; affected 16.9.1b; affected 16.9.2s; affected 16.12.4; affected 16.12.3a; affected 17.1.1s; affected 16.11.1a; affected 16.7.2; affected 16.11.1b; affected 16.9.1s; affected 16.9.3h; affected 16.9.1c; affected 16.6.5a; affected 16.6.3; affected 16.10.1f; affected 17.2.1v; affected 16.8.1e; affected 16.9.3a; affected 16.12.1a; affected 16.12.1x; affected 16.6.4s; affected 16.10.1c; affected 16.12.3; affected 16.11.2; affected 16.6.5b; affected 16.12.2s; affected 16.10.1b; affected 16.7.3; affected 16.6.7; affected 16.9.6; affected 16.9.2; affected 16.10.1; affected 16.12.1t; affected 16.9.1; affected 16.8.1a; affected 16.9.3s; affected 16.6.7a; affected 16.12.2; affected 16.11.1; affected 16.9.3; affected 16.11.1s; affected 16.12.1; affected 17.1.1; affected 17.1.2; affected 16.10.1d; affected 17.1.1t; affected 16.9.4; affected 16.8.3; affected 16.12.2t; affected 16.9.5; affected 16.8.1s; affected 16.10.1e; affected 16.8.2; affected 16.6.4; affected 16.8.1b; affected 16.10.1a; affected 16.12.1z; affected 16.8.1c; affected 16.9.1a; affected 16.6.4a; affected 16.10.1g; affected 16.8.1; affected 16.6.6; affected 16.9.2a; affected 16.8.1d; affected 16.10.3; affected 16.7.1a; affected 16.11.1c; affected 16.10.1s; affected 17.2.1r; affected 17.1.1a; affected 16.10.2; affected 16.12.2a; affected 16.12.1c; affected 16.12.1s; affected 16.7.4; affected 17.2.2; affected 16.9.8; affected 16.9.7; affected 17.1.3; affected 17.3.1a; affected 17.3.2a; affected 16.12.5; affected 17.3.1w; affected 17.3.2; affected 17.4.1; affected 16.12.4a; affected 17.4.1a; affected 17.3.1x; affected 17.3.3; affected 16.6.9; affected 17.2.3; affected 17.5.1; affected 16.12.1z1; affected 16.12.5a; affected 17.4.1b; affected 17.3.1z; affected 16.12.5b; affected 17.4.2; affected 17.3.3a; affected 17.3.5; affected 17.3.4; affected 17.5.1a; affected 16.12.6; affected 17.6.1; affected 16.12.1z2; affected 16.6.10; affected 17.3.4a; affected 17.6.1a; affected 17.7.1; affected 17.6.1x; affected 17.6.2; affected 16.12.6a; affected 17.3.4c; affected 17.4.2a; affected 17.3.4b; affected 17.7.1a; affected 16.12.7; affected 17.8.1a; affected 17.6.3a; affected 17.6.3; affected 17.7.2; affected 17.7.1b; affected 17.9.1w; affected 17.3.5a; affected 17.6.1z; affected 16.12.8; affected 17.8.1; affected 17.9.1; affected 17.6.4; affected 17.3.5b; affected 17.9.1a; affected 17.3.6; affected 17.10.1; affected 16.9.8a; affected 17.6.1z1; affected 17.10.1a; affected 17.9.2; affected 17.6.5; affected 17.9.1x; affected 17.9.1y; affected 16.9.8b; affected 17.3.7; affected 17.9.2a; affected 17.9.3; affected 16.12.9; affected 17.11.1; affected 17.10.1b; affected 17.6.6; affected 17.9.1x1; affected 17.11.1a; affected 17.9.3a; affected 17.12.1; affected 17.3.8; affected 17.9.4; affected 16.12.10; affected 17.12.1w; affected 17.9.1y1; affected 17.12.1a; affected 17.9.5; affected 17.13.1; affected 17.12.1x; affected 17.12.2; affected 17.14.1; affected 17.9.4a; affected 17.3.8a; affected 17.6.6a; affected 17.6.5a; affected 17.6.7; affected 16.12.10a; affected 17.15.1; affected 17.13.1a; affected 17.12.2a; affected 16.12.11; affected 17.12.3; affected 17.12.1y; affected 17.12.1z; affected 17.9.5a; affected 17.14.1a; affected 17.9.5b; affected 17.6.8; affected 16.12.12; affected 17.12.4; affected 17.9.6; affected 17.17.1; affected 17.16.1; affected 17.15.1w; affected 17.12.3a; affected 17.9.5c; affected 17.15.1a; affected 17.12.1z1; affected 17.15.2; affected 17.15.1b; affected 17.9.5d; affected 17.15.1x; affected 17.9.6a; affected 17.12.1z2; affected 17.6.8a; affected 17.16.1a; affected 16.12.13; affected 17.15.3; affected 17.9.7; affected 17.12.5; affected 17.15.1y; affected 17.9.5e; affected 17.12.4a; affected 17.15.2a; affected 17.15.2c; affected 17.15.2b; affected 17.12.1z3; affected 17.9.5f; affected 17.12.4b; affected 17.12.5a; affected 17.18.1; affected 17.12.6; affected 17.12.1z4; affected 17.9.8; affected 17.9.7a; affected 17.15.3a; affected 17.15.4; affected 17.12.5b; affected 17.15.3b; affected 16.12.14; affected 17.18.1z; affected 17.9.7b; affected 17.12.5c; affected 26.1.1; affected 17.18.1a; affected 17.15.4a; affected 17.18.2; affected 17.18.1w; affected 17.15.4b; affected 17.12.6a; affected 17.12.7; affected 17.15.4c; affected 17.9.9; affected 17.12.5d; affected 16.12.15; affected 17.15.4s1; affected 17.15.5; affected 17.12.1z5; affected 17.18.1x; affected 17.12.1z6; affected 17.15.4d; affected 17.12.6b; affected 17.4.1c; affected 17.15.5a; affected 17.18.1y; affected 17.12.7a; affected 17.18.3; affected 17.12.7b; affected 17.18.3a; affected 26.1.1a; affected 17.15.7; affected 16.12.16; affected 17.18.5x; affected 26.1.3; affected 17.12.9; affected 17.18.5

CWE

CWE-664

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.

CVE

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