{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20092 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20092 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-20092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance, published on 21 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-20092 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-20092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance, published on 21 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20092 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20092/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20092/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-20092","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20092/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-20092","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-78gw-pgqh-jc7g"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"An authenticated local attacker with admin privileges can exploit improper file permissions in the maintenance shell to escalate to root, gaining full control of the virtual appliance.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"cisco","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":6,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"}],"description":"A vulnerability in the read-only maintenance shell of Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to elevate privileges to root on the virtual appliance.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to improper file permissions on configuration files for system accounts within the maintenance shell of the virtual appliance. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the maintenance shell as a read-only administrator and manipulating system files to grant root privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges to\u0026nbsp;root on the virtual appliance and gain full control of the appliance, giving them the ability to access sensitive information, modify workloads and configurations on the host system, and cause a denial of service (DoS).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-20092","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cisco Integrated Management Controller Authentication Bypass Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-20093"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cisco UCS Manager and FXOS Software Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-20091"},"products":["Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance"],"published":"2026-01-21","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["Cisco"]},"summary":"An authenticated local attacker with admin privileges can exploit improper file permissions in the maintenance shell to escalate to root, gaining full control of the virtual appliance.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20092/"}