CVE-2020-26084
Cisco Edge Fog Fabric Resource Exposure Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Edge Fog Fabric could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access files outside of their authorization sphere on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect authorization enforcement on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cisco Edge Fog Fabric Resource Exposure Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Edge Fog Fabric could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access files outside of their authorization sphere on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect authorization enforcement on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
- Record
CVE-2020-26084- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-18714
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Edge Fog Fabric could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access files outside of their authorization sphere on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect authorization enforcement on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
- Record
EUVD-2020-18714- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fq5m-cp8f-255j No score
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Edge Fog Fabric could allow an authenticated, remote...
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Edge Fog Fabric could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access files outside of their authorization sphere on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect authorization enforcement on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
- Record
GHSA-fq5m-cp8f-255j- Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Edge Fog Fabric could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access files outside of their authorization sphere on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect authorization enforcement on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
- Record
CVE-2020-26084- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-26084 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Cisco Edge Fog Fabric, published November 6, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.89%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.