CVE-2026-20032
Cisco NX-OS Software Python Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- cisco
Description
A vulnerability in the Python interpreter of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to escape the Python sandbox and gain unauthorized access to the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating specific functions within the Python interpreter. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to escape the Python sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the authenticated user.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciscoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.11% · top 99% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 8.2(5)
- affected 7.3(5)D1(1)
- affected 8.4(2)
- affected 8.4(3)
- affected 9.2(3)
- affected 8.2(1)
- affected 7.3(1)D1(1)
- affected 9.2(2v)
- affected 7.3(0)D1(1)
- affected 7.3(4)D1(1)
- affected 9.2(1)
- affected 9.2(2t)
- affected 9.2(3y)
- affected 9.3(2)
- affected 7.3(1)DY(1)
- affected 8.1(1)
- affected 8.2(2)
- affected 8.3(2)
- affected 7.3(2)D1(3a)
- affected 9.2(4)
- affected 8.1(2)
- affected 7.3(3)D1(1)
- affected 8.2(3)
- affected 8.3(1)
- affected 8.4(1)
- affected 8.1(1b)
- affected 7.3(0)DX(1)
- affected 7.3(2)D1(1)
- affected 9.3(1)
- affected 7.3(2)D1(2)
- affected 8.2(4)
- affected 7.3(0)DY(1)
- affected 9.3(1z)
- affected 9.2(2)
- affected 8.1(2a)
- affected 7.3(2)D1(3)
- affected 8.1(1a)
- affected 8.4(1a)
- affected 9.3(3)
- affected 7.3(2)D1(1d)
- and 103 more
What to do
Exploitation: The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
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