Cisco Secure Workload Unauthorized API Access Vulnerability — CISCO-SA-CSW-PNBSA-G8WENUY

Summary

A vulnerability in the access validation of internal REST APIs of Cisco Secure Workload could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access site resources with the privileges of the  Site Admin role. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation and authentication when accessing REST API endpoints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability if they are able to send a crafted API request to…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-05-20

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: critical.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: Cisco Secure Workload Unauthorized API Access.

Product

Cisco Secure Workload Unauthorized API Access

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Prioritize patching or mitigation immediately (treat as actively risky).
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

CISCO-SA-CSW-PNBSA-G8WENUY

Source

Cisco

Vendor

Cisco

Published by source

2026-05-20

Last source activity

2026-05-20

Additional identifiers

CVE-2026-20223

Curated by

hlukh.ch

Related advisories and connections

These advisories are connected by shared CVE, product, vendor, source, or time signals.