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Cisco Integrated Management Controller Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-20093) in Cisco IMC allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain Admin access by sending a crafted HTTP request to exploit the change password functionality. Cisco has released software updates to address this vulnerability, and there are no available workarounds.
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A vulnerability in the change password functionality of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the system as Admin . This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of password change requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication, alter the passwords of any user on the system, including an Admin user, and gain access to the system as that user. 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-cimc-auth-bypass-AgG2BxTn <br/>Security Impact Rating: Critical <br/>CVE: CVE-2026-20093

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