---
title: "CVE-2026-20326: Cisco Nexus Dashboard - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Cisco Nexus Dashboard contains missing authentication for critical functions caused by lack of proper access controls, letting attackers perform unauthorized actions, exploit requires access to the system."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-20326/
---

# CVE-2026-20326 Cisco Nexus Dashboard - Authentication Bypass

Cisco Nexus Dashboard contains missing authentication for critical functions caused by lack of proper access controls, letting attackers perform unauthorized actions, exploit requires access to the system.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.39% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20326)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Broken Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

16 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-306](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest software hardening release from Cisco Nexus Dashboard.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20326](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20326)
- [https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ndw1-psFvnrg](https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ndw1-psFvnrg)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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