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Critical 9.8Published Oct 21, 2026

CVE-2026-76466Cisco Expressway Series Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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It affects Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A vulnerability in the database service feature of Cisco Expressway Series could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker with network access to a Cisco Expressway device to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root. This vulnerability is due to the use of persistent cookies. Additionally, there is insufficient validation of client certificates when the TLS Verify Mode is set to Enabled for clustering, which means that client certificates are not validated. An attacker with possession of the cookies could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the database service and invoking specific remote procedure call (RPC) commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. Note: Cisco Expressway Series refers to Cisco Expressway Core (Expressway-C) devices and Cisco Expressway Edge (Expressway-E) devices.

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-798
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
cisco
NVD analysis
Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated
Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 21, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway
cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server_vcs_expressway (from the name)
X8.11.2; X8.6; X8.11.3; X8.2.2; X8.8.3; X8.11.0; X12.5.2; X8.1.1; and 86 more ranges
CNA record

References

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