CVE-2026-20188 | Cisco Crosswork Network Controller and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Advisory

Following the initial publication of the Security Advisory about a denial of service (DoS) condition in Cisco Crosswork Network Controller and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO), additional information has been made available to the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT). Upon further analysis, the Cisco PSIRT has reclassified this issue as a customer-configurable, resource management issue rather than a security vulnerability.

Published: 2026-05-06 Last update: 2026-05-14 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-20188 is rated Low Risk (22.7/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-20188

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.31% +0.27%
2 2026-05-15 0.11% 0.04% -0.07%
3 2026-05-07 0.11%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-20188

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
0.0 3.1 NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 0.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-20188

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-20188

GHSA-m776-2hwc-9x9m · Severity: high — A vulnerability in the connection-handling mechanism of Cisco Crosswork Network Controller (CNC)...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-20188

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-20188

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