Cisco FMC Flaws Exploited to Steal Credentials and Deploy Qilin Ransomware

Cisco FMC Flaws Exploited to Steal Credentials and Deploy Qilin Ransomware

The Hacker News · Sep 11, 2026

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Cisco FMC Flaws Exploited to Steal Credentials and Deploy Qilin Ransomware
Security September 11, 2026

Cisco has revealed that three distinct threat clusters linked to ransomware and state-sponsored attacks have been exploiting two recently patched Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) vulnerabilities. The attacks leverage CVE-2026-20079 (CVSS score: 10.0), an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web interface of FMC software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass

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