Medium severity · published Feb 4, 2026
CVE-2026-20056
Cisco Secure Web Appliance TBD Bypass Vulnerability
4.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the Dynamic Vectoring and Streaming (DVS) Engine implementation of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the anti-malware scanner, allowing malicious archive files to be downloaded.
This vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain archive files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted archive file, which should be blocked, through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the anti-malware scanner and download malware onto an end user workstation. The downloaded malware will not automatically execute unless the end user extracts and launches the malicious file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cisco Secure Web Appliance · Cisco
11.8.0-453; 12.5.3-002; 12.0.3-007; 12.0.3-005; 14.1.0-032; 14.1.0-047; +34 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20056
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20056
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wsa-archive-bypass-Scx2e8zF
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