CVE-2026-76498 (GCVE-0-2026-76498)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-07 16:17
Modified
2026-10-07 18:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) Version: 5.2(1g)
Version: 5.2(2e)
Version: 5.2(2f)
Version: 5.2(2g)
Version: 5.2(2h)
Version: 5.2(3f)
Version: 5.2(3e)
Version: 5.2(3g)
Version: 5.2(4d)
Version: 5.2(4e)
Version: 5.2(5d)
Version: 5.2(5c)
Version: 6.0(1g)
Version: 5.2(5e)
Version: 5.2(4f)
Version: 5.2(6e)
Version: 6.0(1j)
Version: 5.2(6g)
Version: 5.2(7f)
Version: 5.2(7g)
Version: 6.0(2h)
Version: 5.2(6h)
Version: 5.2(4h)
Version: 5.2(8d)
Version: 6.0(2j)
Version: 5.2(8e)
Version: 6.0(3d)
Version: 6.0(3e)
Version: 5.2(8f)
Version: 5.2(8g)
Version: 5.3(1d)
Version: 5.2(8h)
Version: 6.0(4c)
Version: 5.3(2a)
Version: 5.2(8i)
Version: 6.0(5h)
Version: 5.3(2b)
Version: 6.0(3g)
Version: 6.0(5j)
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Version: 6.0(6c)
Version: 6.1(1f)
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Version: 5.3(2d)
Version: 6.0(8d)
Version: 6.0(8e)
Version: 6.1(2f)
Version: 6.0(8f)
Version: 5.3(2e)
Version: 6.1(2g)
Version: 5.3(2f)
Version: 6.0(9c)
Version: 6.1(3f)
Version: 6.0(9d)
Version: 6.0(6g)
Version: 6.0(6h)
Version: 6.0(8h)
Version: 6.1(3g)
Version: 6.1(4h)
Version: 6.0(9e)
Version: 6.1(5e)
Version: 6.2(1f)
Version: 6.2(1g)
Version: 6.0(9f)
Version: 6.2(2e)
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