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Cisco Advance Notification for Publication of August 19, 2026, Security Advisories

Low Riskcisco-sa-notice-LDquvx5dAug 12, 2026
CiscoManufacturing
IT in OT - Cisco networking products are commonly deployed in OT environments
Summary

This is an advance notification from Cisco that security advisories and fixed software will be published on August 19, 2026 for multiple products: BroadWorks, Industrial Ethernet 1000 Series Switches, Packaged Contact Center Enterprise, Unified Contact Center Enterprise, RoomOS, Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance, Secure Firewall Management Center, Secure Firewall Threat Defense, Secure Workload, and Unified Intelligence Center. Cisco recommends customers upgrade to fixed software versions once advisories are released.

What this means
What could happen
This is an advance notification only; no vulnerabilities have been disclosed yet. Cisco will publish security advisories on August 19, 2026 for multiple products including firewalls, contact center systems, network switches, and collaboration platforms. Impact will be determined when the full advisories are released.
Who's at risk
Organizations using Cisco security appliances (firewalls, threat defense), network switching infrastructure (Industrial Ethernet 1000 Series), contact center and unified communications systems (BroadWorks, Unified Contact Center Enterprise, RoomOS), and Secure Workload platforms should prepare for patch deployment. This affects manufacturing, utilities, and enterprises with Cisco-based network and security infrastructure.
How it could be exploited
No specific exploitation details available at this time. This notification serves as an alert that vulnerabilities affecting Cisco firewall appliances, Industrial Ethernet switches, contact center platforms, and other infrastructure products will be disclosed in the coming weeks.
Prerequisites
  • Details will be provided in the August 19, 2026 advisories.
active disclosure pendingaffects critical infrastructure (firewalls, network switches)no details available yet for risk assessment
Affected products (10)
10 pending
ProductAffected VersionsFix Status
Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareAll versionsNo fix yet
Unified Contact Center EnterpriseAll versionsNo fix yet
Unified Intelligence CenterAll versionsNo fix yet
Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)All versionsNo fix yet
Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) SoftwareAll versionsNo fix yet
Industrial Ethernet 1000 Series SwitchesAll versionsNo fix yet
Packaged Contact Center EnterpriseAll versionsNo fix yet
RoomOS SoftwareAll versionsNo fix yet
Remediation & Mitigation
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Do now
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HARDENINGMonitor Cisco PSIRT advisories on or after August 19, 2026 for detailed vulnerability information and fixed software versions
Schedule — requires maintenance window
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Patching may require device reboot — plan for process interruption

Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
HOTFIXPlan maintenance windows in advance to deploy patches to affected Cisco products (ASA, FMC, FTD, Secure Workload, Industrial Ethernet 1000 Series Switches) once advisories are published
Long-term hardening
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HARDENINGReview the Cisco PSIRT blog post on predictable vulnerability disclosure to understand the new disclosure timeline and prepare your patch management process
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