The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20231 are related to improper neutralization of special elements issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-74.
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| Description | As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Workload engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20231 are related to improper neutralization of special elements issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-74. | |
| Title | Cisco Secure Workload Software Security Hardening Release August 2026 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Vulnerabilities | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-74 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-19T19:19:58.367Z
Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.399Z
Link: CVE-2026-20231
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Updated: 2026-08-19T18:31:50.763Z
NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-19T17:18:39.227
Modified: 2026-08-19T20:17:15.110
Link: CVE-2026-20231
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