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NVD CRITICAL: CVE-2026-76486 — A vulnerability in the VXLAN Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) fe...

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Executive Summary

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 c

Analysis

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 could cause process crashes resulting in a reload and DoS condition. CVSS Score: 9.8. Published: 2026-10-07T17:17:01.350.

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CVE (1)
CVE-2026-76486
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Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Oct 7, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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