CVE-2026-20281

High

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series, Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Cisco Video Phone 8875 that are running Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper memory management when an affected device processes HTTP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a continuous stream of crafted HTTP packets to the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to continuously consume memory, resulting in a DoS condition. A manual reboot of the device is required to recover from this condition. Note: For this vulnerability to be exploitable, the phone must be registered to Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and have Web Access enabled. Web Access is disabled by default.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software
PublishedSep 2, 2026
First seenSep 2, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-401CWE-401

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Cisco Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software12.1(1)SR1, 11.5(1), 10.3(2), 10.2(2), 10.3(1), 10.3(1)SR4, 11.0(1), 10.4(1)SR2 3rd Party, 11.7(1), 12.1(1), 11.0(0.7) MPP, 9.3(4) 3rd Party, 12.5(1)SR2, 10.2(1)SR1, 9.3(4)SR3 3rd Party, 10.2(1), 12.5(1), 10.3(1)SR2, 11-0-1MSR1-1, 10.4(1) 3rd Party, 12.5(1)SR1, 11.5(1)SR1, 10.1(1)SR2, 12.0(1)SR2, 12.6(1), 10.3(1.11) 3rd Party, 12.0(1), 12.0(1)SR1, 9.3(3), 12.5(1)SR3, 10.3(1)SR4b, 9.3(4)SR1 3rd Party, 10.3(1)SR5, 10.1(1.9), 10.3(1.9) 3rd Party, 9.3(4)SR2 3rd Party, 10.3(1)SR1, 10.3(1)SR3, 10.1(1)SR1, 12.0(1)SR3, 12.6(1)SR1, 12.7(1), 10.3(1)SR6, 12.8(1), 12.7(1)SR1, 11.0(2)SR1, 11.0(4), 11.0(2), 11.0(4)SR3, 11.0(5), 11.0(3)SR2, 11.0(3)SR4, 11.0(3)SR3, 11.0(2)SR2, 11.0(4)SR1, 11.0(5)SR3, 11.0(3), 11.0(5)SR2, 11.0(3)SR6, 11.0(5)SR1, 11.0(4)SR2, 11.0(3)SR1, 11.0(3)SR5, 11.0(6), 12.8(1)SR1, 12.8(1)SR2, 14.0(1), 14.0(1)SR1, 11.0(6)SR1, 10.3(1)SR7, 14.0(1)SR2, 14.1(1), 14.0(1)SR3, 11.0(6)SR2, 14.1(1)SR1, 14.1(1)SR2, 11.0(6)SR4, 14.2(1), 14.2(1)SR1, 11.0(6)SR5, 14.1(1)SR3, 14.2(1)SR2, 3.1(1), 3.0(1), 2.3(1), 2.3(1)SR1, 2.2(1), 2.1(1), 2.0(1), 14.2(1)SR3, 3.1(1)SR1, 14.3(1), 3.2(1), 14.3(1)SR1, 14.2(1)SR4, 3.3(1), 11.0(6)SR6, 14.3(1)SR2, 3.4(1), 14.3(1)SR3, 3.5(1), 11.0(6)SR7, 3.5(1)SR1, 14.4(1), 3.6(1), 4.0(1), 14.4(1)SR1, 4.1(1), 14.4(1)SR2, 4.1(1)SR1—

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