CVE-2026-76500
CriticalCVSS 9.8Summary
A security review in Cisco APIC revealed multiple vulnerabilities related to improper control of a resource through its lifetime (CWE-664). These have been addressed in hardening releases.
Risk Assessment
These vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited to compromise system integrity or availability, but the exact impact is not detailed.
Recommendation
Update Cisco APIC to the latest software version that includes security fixes.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
See all- CVE-2026-76488Medium
A vulnerability in the export policies functionality of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive files on an affected device. Exploitation requires valid administrative credentials. The vulnerability is due to insufficient access control to file system resources.
- CVE-2026-20321Medium
A vulnerability in the web-based management API for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-controlled command arguments. Exploitation requires valid administrative credentials.
- CVE-2017-6768High
A vulnerability in the build procedure for certain executable system files on Cisco APIC devices could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root-level privileges. The issue arises from the use of relative search paths for libraries without proper validation.
- CVE-2017-6767High
A vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) allows an authenticated, remote attacker to gain higher privileges than those assigned to their account. The attacker is granted the privileges of the last user to log in, regardless of whether those privileges are higher or lower.
- CVE-2016-1420High
The installation component on Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices with software before 1.3(2f) mishandles binary files, allowing local users to obtain root access via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2026-76499Critical
A security review in Cisco APIC revealed multiple vulnerabilities related to improper neutralization issues (CWE-707). These have been addressed in hardening releases.
- CVE-2026-76498Critical
A security review in Cisco APIC revealed multiple vulnerabilities related to improper access control (CWE-284). These have been addressed in hardening releases.
Original NVD description (English source)
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76500 are related to issues with improper control of a resource through its lifetime that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-664.
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