Vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Critical severity: CVSS 9.8

[ Description ]Official description

A vulnerability in the NX-API feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.  The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of data that is sent to the NX-API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the NX-API of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges and could cause process crashes, which could result in a reload of the device and a DoS condition.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• NCSC-NL8 Oct 2026NCSC-2026-0406

  Vulnerabilities fixed in Cisco NX-OS Software Translated from Dutch

  Probability/damage M/HCVE-2026-20032CVE-2026-20173CVE-2026-76453+6 more CVEs
• CERT-FR8 Oct 2026CERTFR-2026-AVI-1282

  Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco products Translated from French

  Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cisco products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation and remote denial of service.

  CVE-2026-76471CVE-2026-76455CVE-2026-76482+27 more CVEs
• BSI CERT-Bund7 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3810

  Cisco Nexus and Cisco NX-OS: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-76455CVE-2026-20038CVE-2026-76471+11 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-napi-rce…