A vulnerability in the SSL certificate handling of Cisco ThousandEyes Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user on the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
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| Title | Remote Code Execution via Crafted SSL Certificate in Cisco ThousandEyes Virtual Appliance |
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| Description | A vulnerability in the SSL certificate handling of Cisco ThousandEyes Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user on the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-74 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2026-05-20T16:15:18.647Z
Updated: 2026-05-20T16:15:18.647Z
Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.397Z
Link: CVE-2026-20199
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-20T17:16:20.100
Modified: 2026-05-20T17:30:40.450
Link: CVE-2026-20199
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