{"id":"CVE-2026-76498","published":"2026-10-07T17:17:01.670","lastModified":"2026-10-08T20:08:45.857","description":"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.\r\n\r\nThe 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.","cvssScore":9.8,"cvssSeverity":"CRITICAL","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwes":["CWE-284"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-apic-UOXWtfh","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":{"summary":"CVE-2026-76498 involves improper access control issues, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data and functionalities within the Cisco APIC.","exploitability":"Exploitation is relatively straightforward given the lack of preconditions, making it a high-risk vulnerability.","blast_radius":"If exploited, this vulnerability could lead to complete data compromise and control over the affected APIC instances.","remediation":"Upgrade to the latest version of the Cisco APIC software as soon as possible.","detection":"No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.","tags":["auth-bypass","data-compromise","network"],"model":"qwen2.5:7b-instruct","analyzedAt":"2026-10-08T08:40:49.189Z"}}