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High · 8.6 CVE-2026-76456 EUVD-2026-94458GHSA-w55m-537w-hc8q

Cisco NX-OS Software Security Hardening Release: October 2026 - Improper Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Published Oct 7, 2026 · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

Description

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-2026-76456 are related to improper input validation of special elements used in a command issue that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-20.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software 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), 7.3(0)D1(1), 7.3(4)D1(1), 9.2(1), 9.2(2t), 9.2(3y), 9.3(2), 7.3(1)DY(1), 8.1(1), 8.2(2), 8.3(2), 7.3(2)D1(3a), 9.2(4), 8.1(2), 7.3(3)D1(1), 8.2(3), 8.3(1), 8.4(1), 8.1(1b), 7.3(0)DX(1), 7.3(2)D1(1), 9.3(1), 7.3(2)D1(2), 8.2(… —
Cisco Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(1g), 15.2(2e), 15.2(2f), 15.2(2g), 15.2(2h), 15.2(3f), 15.2(3e), 15.2(3g), 15.2(4d), 15.2(4e), 15.2(5c), 15.2(5d), 16.0(1g), 15.2(5e), 15.2(4f), 15.2(6e), 15.2(6h), 16.0(1j), 15.2(6g), 15.2(7f), 15.2(7g), 16.0(2h), 15.2(8d), 16.0(2j), 15.2(8e), 16.0(3d), 16.0(3e), 15.2(8f), 15.2(8g), 15.3(1d),… —
Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed) 4.0(1a), 4.1(1a), 4.1(1b), 4.0(4h), 4.1(1c), 4.0(4e), 4.0(4g), 4.0(2e), 4.0(4a), 4.0(2d), 4.0(1b), 4.0(4f), 4.0(4c), 4.0(1c), 4.0(4b), 4.0(2b), 4.0(4d), 4.0(2a), 4.0(1d), 4.0(4i), 4.1(1d), 4.1(2a), 4.1(1e), 4.1(2b), 4.0(4k), 4.1(3a), 4.1(3b), 4.1(2c), 4.0(4l), 4.1(4a), 4.1(3c), 4.1(3d), 4.2(1c), 4.… —

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