CVE-2026-76500 Race condition in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
Cisco APIC contains improper resource lifetime control vulnerabilities that could lead to denial of service or undefined behavior, requiring a security patch.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-76500?
CVE-2026-76500 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), published on 7 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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-2026-76500 are related to issues with improper control of a resource through its lifetime that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-664.
Weakness: CWE-664
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-76500?
How do I fix CVE-2026-76500?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-76500 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-76500 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76500 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jcgq-5qqq-gj2g.