Cisco released fixes for nine vulnerabilities across its Crosswork network-automation platforms and Secure Workload software, five of them rated 10.0. Four affect Crosswork Data Gateway, Network Controller, and Planning regardless of configuration, and include a SQL injection flaw, a missing-authentication flaw, and external control of the file system, each scored 10.0, plus an insufficiently protected credentials issue at 9.9. Five more affect Secure Workload in both cloud and on-premises deployments, led by a 10.0 improper access control flaw and a 9.9 command-injection flaw. Cisco found them in internal testing using AI models and says none are exploited yet, but there are no workarounds, so patching is the only fix.
Cisco patched a high-severity denial-of-service flaw in Cisco Crosswork Network Controller (CNC) and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) that lets unauthenticated remote attackers exhaust connection resources and force the system into an unresponsive state. CVE-2026-20188. Recovery requires manual reboot. Cisco's PSIRT has not seen exploitation in the wild yet, but Cisco previously patched similar DoS bugs (CVE-2025-20362, CVE-2025-20333) that ended up being weaponized to force ASA and FTD firewalls into reboot loops, which CISA addressed with an emergency directive in November 2025.
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