6.5

CVE-2026-76488: cisco cisco application policy infrastructure controller (apic)

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
Published 07-10-2026Last modified 08-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-76488 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in cisco cisco application policy infrastructure controller (apic). EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the export policies functionality of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive files on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient access control to file system resources. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted values in specific UI fields. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files from the underlying file system of an affected device, including key materials that could be used to elevate privileges to root on the affected APIC and on managed switches.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

08-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco1 product
  • cisco application policy infrastructure controller (apic)5.2(1g) | 5.2(2e) | 5.2(2f) | 5.2(2g) | 5.2(2h) | 5.2(3f) | 5.2(3e) | 5.2(3g) | 5.2(4d) | 5.2(4e) | 5.2(5d) | 5.2(5c) | 6.0(1g) | 5.2(5e) | 5.2(4f) | 5.2(6e) | 6.0(1j) | 5.2(6g) | 5.2(7f) | 5.2(7g) | 6.0(2h) | 5.2(6h) | 5.2(4h) | 5.2(8d) | 6.0(2j) | 5.2(8e) | 6.0(3d) | 6.0(3e) | 5.2(8f) | 5.2(8g) | 5.3(1d) | 5.2(8h) | 6.0(4c) | 5.3(2a) | 5.2(8i) | 6.0(5h) | 5.3(2b) | 6.0(3g) | 6.0(5j) | 5.3(2c) | 6.0(6c) | 6.1(1f) | 6.0(7e) | 5.3(2d) | 6.0(8d) | 6.0(8e) | 6.1(2f) | 6.0(8f) | 5.3(2e) | 6.1(2g) | 5.3(2f) | 6.0(9c) | 6.0(9d) | 6.0(6g) | 6.0(6h) | 6.0(8h) | 6.0(9e) | 6.0(9f)

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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