CVE-2026-76498
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Hardening Release: October 2026 - Improper Access Control Vulnerabilities
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-2026-76498 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Hardening Release: October 2026 - Improper Access Control Vulnerabilities
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-2026-76498 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
- Record
CVE-2026-76498- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
EUVDEUVD-2026-94472
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-2026-76498 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
- Record
EUVD-2026-94472- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-07
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3p58-9w7j-33mj
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco...
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-2026-76498 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
- Record
GHSA-3p58-9w7j-33mj- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
NVD
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-2026-76498 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
- Record
CVE-2026-76498- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| references | CVE List | |
| facts | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-76498 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (apic), published October 7, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.