Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2026-76409Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software Security Hardening Release September 2026 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in Cisco Nexus Dashboard from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Nexus Dashboard 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-2026-76409 are related to improper limitation of a pathname issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-22.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Nexus Dashboard	2.1(1d)2.1(1e)2.1(2d)2.2(1h)2.2(1e)2.2(2d)2.1(2f)2.3(1c)

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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