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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Vulnerability Allow Attackers to Bypass Authentication

Cybersecuritynews •Abinaya • March 5, 2026

Cisco has released a critical security advisory warning of a severe vulnerability in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software. This flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute script files, thereby gaining full root access to the underlying operating system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20079, stems from an improper system process […]

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Critical RCE Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Software Requires Immediate Patching BeyondTrust has issued a warning regarding a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access software. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-1731, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely and affects versions 25.3.1 or earlier of Remote Support and 24.3.4 or earlier of Privileged Remote Access. Users are advised to apply the patches released on February 6, 2026, to mitigate the risk of exploitation. 860 sources 67

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CVE-2026-20079

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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center