A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks through an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific HTTP 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 write files to the underlying operating system that could be used later to elevate to root.

Note: Cisco has assigned this security advisory a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of Critical rather than High as the score indicates. The reason is that exploitation of this vulnerability could result in an attacker elevating privileges to root.

Note: To exploit this vulnerability, the WebDialer service must be enabled. WebDialer is disabled by default.

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Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco cisco Unified Communications Manager
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco cisco Unified Communications Manager

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks through an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific HTTP 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 write files to the underlying operating system that could be used later to elevate to root. Note: Cisco has assigned this security advisory a Security Impact Rating (SIR) of Critical rather than High as the score indicates. The reason is that exploitation of this vulnerability could result in an attacker elevating privileges to root. Note: To exploit this vulnerability, the WebDialer service must be enabled. WebDialer is disabled by default.
Weaknesses CWE-918
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-03T17:37:00.451Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.399Z

Link: CVE-2026-20230

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-03T18:16:20.160

Modified: 2026-06-03T18:16:20.160

Link: CVE-2026-20230

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-03T18:30:35Z

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