---
title: "CVE-2026-76302: Cisco - Security Bypass"
description: "Cisco products contain an improper neutralization vulnerability (CWE-707) caused by insufficient input sanitization, letting attackers potentially bypass security controls, exploit requires unspecified conditions."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-76302/
---

# CVE-2026-76302 Cisco - Security Bypass

Cisco products contain an improper neutralization vulnerability (CWE-707) caused by insufficient input sanitization, letting attackers potentially bypass security controls, exploit requires unspecified conditions.

CVSS base score 9.9 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.19% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76302)

## Details

Type

Security Bypass

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

21 October 2026

Updated

23 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-707](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/707.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest Cisco software hardening release.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76302](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76302)
- [https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1008](https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1008)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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