Critical Cisco Nexus 9000 Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Run Code as Root

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Original (extern): Link oeffnen
Veroeffentlicht: 2026-09-03 15:52 UTC
Importiert: 2026-09-10 07:40 UTC
CVSS: 9.8
Quelle-ID: thn_global
uid_hash: fef1aedb31d034dbcf6adf9df1c5c40a3b2271fb29e8015d27582fa37a62f02e

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Cisco has released patches to address a critical security flaw affecting 10 Silicon One-based Nexus 9000 switches that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code as root, alongside an IOS XR hardening release bundling 7 umbrella CVEs, 2 of which are rated 9.8, with no workaround for any IOS XR version.

The Nexus vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20212 (CVSS score: 9.8), is

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID	Severity (Quelle)	CVSS (Quelle)	Severity (CVE.org)	CVSS (CVE.org)	EPSS	EPSS-Pctl	Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)
CVE-2026-20212	CRITICAL	9.8	CRITICAL	9.8			2026-09-02

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