CVE-2020-27130

mediumpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.659 · 99 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
65.9% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 6.4 · medium
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of directory traversal character sequences within requests to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to download arbitrary files from the affected device.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 4.9
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2
v3.19.1criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-35USCWE-35US
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affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • cisco-sa-csm-path-trav-NgeRnqgRCisco Security Manager Path Traversal Vulnerability2020-11-16csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to and modify sensitive information on the affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of directory traversal character sequences within requests to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files on the affected device. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-csm-path-trav-NgeRnqgR ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-csm-path-trav-NgeRnqgR"]

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also known as (4)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisco_csafnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-11-17modified 2026-06-17
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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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