CVE-2026-76453

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-2026-76453 are related to improper neutralization issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-707.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-nxosw1-cWzSbtR

Configurations

No configuration.

History

07 Oct 2026, 17:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-07 17:16

Updated : 2026-10-08 20:08

NVD link : CVE-2026-76453

Mitre link : CVE-2026-76453

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-76453

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-707

Improper Neutralization

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