CVE-2026-76498

criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileDENLRUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.30% (22nd) EPSS
CVSS 9.8 · critical
Is it mine?
76 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
fstec_bdu · cert_bund · cisco_csaf · ncsc_nl

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76498 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NCSC-NL NL
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284US
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affected products (76)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 76
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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • NCSC-2026-0409Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Cisco APICNL2026-10-09csaf · ncsc_nlNL

    Cisco heeft meerdere kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-3818Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-10-07csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller ausnutzen, um sich erweiterte Berechtigungen zu verschaffen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen.

  • cisco-sa-hardening-apic-UOXWtfhCisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Security Hardening Release: October 20262026-10-07csaf · cisco_csafUS

    As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities were found during internal testing and are not known to be actively exploited. To assist customers in patching and streamline the disclosure process, Cisco has grouped these issues by their underlying vulnerability class — Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) — and assigned a single Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures identifier (CVE ID) to each CWE grouping. Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.

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also known as (1)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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fstec_bducert_bundcisco_csafncsc_nlNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-10-07modified 2026-10-09
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references (1) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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