CVE-2026-76458Cisco NX-OS Software Security Hardening Release: October 2026 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Vulnerabilities
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, higher than 19% of scored CVEs.
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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-2026-76458 are related to improper handling of exceptional conditions issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-703.
- CVSS
- 8.6 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-703
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.28% (percentile 19)
- Assigned by
- cisco
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software cisco:nx_os_software (from the name) | 8.2(5); 7.3(5)D1(1); 8.4(2); 8.4(3); 9.2(3); 8.2(1); 7.3(1)D1(1); 9.2(2v); and 138 more ranges | CNA record |
Cisco Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode cisco:nx_os_system_software_in_aci_mode (from the name) | 15.2(1g); 15.2(2e); 15.2(2f); 15.2(2g); 15.2(2h); 15.2(3f); 15.2(3e); 15.2(3g); and 53 more ranges | CNA record |
Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed) cisco:unified_computing_system_managed (from the name) | 4.0(1a); 4.1(1d); 4.0(4f); 4.0(4c); 4.0(2b); 4.1(2a); 4.0(4a); 4.0(4e); and 97 more ranges | CNA record |
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-nxosw1-cWzSbtR
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