CVE-2026-76456: high-severity vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software
Cisco NX-OS Software Security Hardening Release: October 2026 - Improper Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Published
18Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.6
exploitation probability
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observed exploitation
nono source reports it
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco NX-OS engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.
The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76456 are related to improper input validation of special elements used in a command issue that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-20.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Cisco · Cisco NX-OS SoftwareCisco · Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI ModeCisco · Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed)Related CVEs — Cisco NX-OS Software
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