# CVE-2026-76453 — Cisco NX-OS Software

> As of 2026-10-08, CVE-2026-76453 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software, CVSS v3.1 8.8, EPSS 0.3% (24.9th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-76453, most recently “Cisco October 2026 Security Advisories: Critical Flaws in Meraki, License (SSM) On-Prem, NX-OS, APIC and Finesse (CVE-2026-76464, CVE-2026-20328, CVE-2026-76485 and others)”.

**Last updated:** 2026-10-08

## What is CVE-2026-76453?

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-2026-76453 are related to improper neutralization issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-707.

The record classifies CVE-2026-76453 under weakness class [CWE-707](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-707). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 3 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 3 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 8.8 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.9% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 5.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-10-07, last modified 2026-10-08

## Is CVE-2026-76453 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 40 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Cisco](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/cisco): NX-OS Software, NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode, Unified Computing System (Managed)

## How to fix CVE-2026-76453

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-76453 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-76453

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-76453, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Cisco October 2026 Security Advisories: Critical Flaws in Meraki, License (SSM) On-Prem, NX-OS, APIC and Finesse (CVE-2026-76464, CVE-2026-20328, CVE-2026-76485 and others)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-3108) — CRITICAL · 2026-10-09

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [sec.cloudapps.cisco.com](https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-nxosw1-cWzSbtR)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-76453
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-76453 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp