Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-20361 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-20361 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-20361?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 16 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.2 and earlier; 4.3 before 4.3.1.175.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-20361?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-20361 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-20361?
- Check whether you run Cisco Nexus Dashboard at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
CVE-2026-20361 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in Cisco Nexus Dashboard resulting from improper neutralization of special characters in SQL commands. The vulnerability requires network access and valid authentication credentials to exploit. An authenticated attacker can inject malicious SQL syntax into application input fields to execute arbitrary database queries, leading to unauthorized data disclosure, data modification, or potential code execution depending on database permissions. Cisco has released fixed software versions (4.3.1.175 and later for version 4.3; migration required for 4.2 and earlier) with no known public exploits or active exploitation in the wild.
Affected products
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.2 and earlier; 4.3 before 4.3.1.175
Timeline
- 2026-09-16: disclosed
- 2026-09-16: advisory: Cisco advisory cisco-sa-hardening-ndw1-psFvnrg published