# CVE-2026-20041: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Server Side Request Forgery Vulnerability

> An attacker can trick a user into clicking a link to perform SSRF, potentially executing arbitrary code or accessing sensitive information on Cisco Nexus Dashboard.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-24qq-7528-p6pc

## What is CVE-2026-20041?

CVE-2026-20041 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, published on 1 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack through an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading an authenticated user of the device management interface to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send arbitrary network requests that are sourced from the affected device to an attacker-controlled server. The attacker could then execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive browser-based information.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-20041?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-20041?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20041 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-20041 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-20041 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-20041 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, published on 1 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Nexus Dashboard. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20041/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20041/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20041
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20041
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20041

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20041/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.