Security News > 2024 > January > Cisco warns of critical RCE flaw in communications software

Cisco is warning that several of its Unified Communications Manager and Contact Center Solutions products are vulnerable to a critical severity remote code execution security issue.
Cisco's Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions are integrated solutions that provide enterprise-level voice, video, and messaging services, as well as customer engagement and management.
Cisco advises admins to set up access control lists as a mitigation strategy for case where applying the updates is not immediately possible.
Specifically, users are recommended to implement ACLs on intermediary devices that separate the Cisco Unified Communications or Cisco Contact Center Solutions cluster from users and the rest of the network.
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