A vulnerability in the VXLAN Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software, known as NGOAM, could allow an…
A vulnerability in the VXLAN Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software, known as NGOAM, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of IP traffic when the NGOAM feature is enabled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets to an IP interface on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges and co
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- IOS XE / IOS XR / NX-OS
- CVSS
- 9.8
- EPSS
- 0.005 (p45)
- Exposure class
- Edge / VPN / firewall
Why it ranks 42 (Notable)
- CVSS 9.8 critical
- Exposed product class: edge / VPN / firewall
- Widely deployed vendor product (Cisco)
- Covered by 2 independent sources
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-76486 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
Related coverage
Other items that share a CVE or were clustered with this one.