A vulnerability in the vmadmin CLI of Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied commands. An attacker with vmadmin privileges could exploit this vulnerability by using certain commands at the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00104.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Cisco Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance unknown
Version Status Constraints
2.6.0 affected —
2.5.6 affected —
2.5 affected —
2.4.12 affected —
2.7 affected —
2.6.2 affected —
2.5.5 affected —
2.5.4 affected —
2.8 affected —
2.6.1 affected —
2.5.7 affected —
1.5.4 affected —
1.5.5 affected —
1.5.6 affected —
2.0.0 affected —
2.0.2 affected —
2.0.3 affected —
2.1.0 affected —
2.1.2 affected —
2.1.4 affected —
2.1.5 affected —
2.2 affected —
2.2.1 affected —
2.3 affected —
2.3.1 affected —
2.4 affected —
2.4.4 affected —
2.4.6 affected —
2.8.9 affected —
3.0 affected —
3.1 affected —
3.2 affected —
2.8.1 affected —
2.8.2 affected —
2.8.3 affected —
2.8.4 affected —
2.8.5 affected —
3.0.1 affected —
3.0.2 affected —
3.0.4 affected —
3.0.5 affected —
3.1.1 affected —
3.1.2 affected —
3.1.3 affected —
3.1.4 affected —
3.2.1 affected —
3.2.2 affected —
3.2.3 affected —
3.3 affected —
3.3.1 affected —
3.3.2 affected —
3.3.3 affected —
3.3.4 affected —
3.4 affected —
3.4.1 affected —
3.4.2 affected —
3.4.3 affected —
3.4.4 affected —
3.4.5 affected —
3.4.6 affected —
3.5 affected —
2.7.1 affected —
2.7.2 affected —
2.7.6 affected —
2.7.9 affected —
2.7.10 affected —
3.5.1 affected —
3.5.2 affected —
3.6.1 affected —
3.6.2 affected —
3.7 affected —
3.7.1 affected —
3.8.3 affected —

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-umbrella-priv-esc-F4wJB7AU cve-icon
History

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability in the vmadmin CLI of Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied commands. An attacker with vmadmin privileges could exploit this vulnerability by using certain commands at the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.
Title Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Projects

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-17T17:17:13.797Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.400Z

Link: CVE-2026-20246

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-17T17:17:08.256Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses