01 Record
CVE-2026-76498
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Hardening Release: October 2026 - Improper Access Control Vulnerabilities
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Hardening Release: October 2026 - Improper Access Control Vulnerabilities
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-07 16:17Z21 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-07 18:05Z21 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-19
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 45037144f1a9dcf727645701e3b7ef8d6e7685f1174430292a5d1797ac4ae8bb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
CiscoCisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)5.2(1g), 5.2(2e), 5.2(2f), 5.2(2g), 5.2(2h), 5.2(3f), 5.2(3e), 5.2(3g), 5.2(4d), 5.2(4e), 5.2(5d), 5.2(5c), 6.0(1g), 5.2(5e), 5.2(4f), 5.2(6e), 6.0(1j), 5.2(6g), 5.2(7f), 5.2(7g), 6.0(2h), 5.2(6h), 5.2(4h), 5.2(8d), 6.0(2j), 5.2(8e), 6.0(3d), 6.0(3e), 5.2(8f), 5.2(8g), 5.3(1d), 5.2(8h), 6.0(4c), 5.3(2a), 5.2(8i), 6.0(5h), 5.3(2b), 6.0(3g), 6.0(5j), 5.3(2c), 6.0(6c), 6.1(1f), 6.0(7e), 5.3(2d), 6.0(8d), 6.0(8e), 6.1(2f), 6.0(8f), 5.3(2e), 6.1(2g), 5.3(2f), 6.0(9c), 6.1(3f), 6.0(9d), 6.0(6g), 6.0(6h), 6.0(8h), 6.1(3g), 6.1(4h), 6.0(9e), 6.1(5e), 6.2(1f), 6.2(1g), 6.0(9f), 6.2(2e)—
06 References
- sec.cloudapps.cisco.comcisco-sa-hardening-apic-UOXWtfhhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-apic-UOXWtfh