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Critical · 10.0 Public exploit CVE-2026-20223 EUVD-2026-31131GHSA-p3hw-qj46-c684

Cisco Secure Workload Unauthorized API Access Vulnerability

Published May 20, 2026 · Updated May 21, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

Vendor: Cisco Product: Cisco Secure Workload Category: Network devices

Description

A vulnerability in the access validation of internal REST APIs of Cisco Secure Workload could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access site resources with the privileges of the Site Admin role.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation and authentication when accessing REST API endpoints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability if they are able to send a crafted API request to an affected endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read sensitive information and make configuration changes across tenant boundaries with the privileges of the Site Admin user. 

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco Cisco Secure Workload 2.2.1.41, 3.2.1.18, 3.3.2.50, 3.4.1.28, 3.4.1.34, 2.3.1.45, 2.3.1.41, 3.3.2.28, 3.1.1.59, 2.0.2.20, 2.1.1.33, 2.1.1.29, 3.2.1.28, 3.4.1.35, 3.1.1.65, 3.1.1.67, 2.0.1.34, 2.3.1.49, 2.2.1.39, 3.4.1.19, 3.3.2.23, 3.1.1.61, 3.1.1.54, 3.5.1.17, 3.3.2.33, 3.5.1.1, 2.3.1.53, 3.5.1.20, 3.5.1.30, 3.3.2.16, … —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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GitHub 1 repository

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