---
id: CVE-2026-76409
title: >-
  As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product
  quality, the Cisco Nexus Dashboard engineering team has conducted a
  comprehensive internal security review
summary: >-
  As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product
  quality, the Cisco Nexus Dashboard engineering team has conducted a
  comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software
  hardening release that…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
vendor: Cisco
product: Cisco Nexus Dashboard
affected:
  - nexus_dashboard 2.1(1d)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.1(1e)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.1(2d)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.2(1h)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.2(1e)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.2(2d)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.1(2f)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.3(1c)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.3(2b)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.3(2c)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.3(2d)
  - nexus_dashboard 2.3(2e)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.0(1f)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.0(1i)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.1(1k)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.1(1l)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.2(1e)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.2(1i)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.3(1a)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.3(1b)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.3(2b)
  - nexus_dashboard 4.0(1i)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.3(2g)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.2(2f)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.2(2g)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.2(2m)
  - nexus_dashboard 3.1(1n)
  - nexus_dashboard 4.1(1g)
  - nexus_dashboard 4.2.1
published: '2026-09-16'
updated: '2026-09-18'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-18T14:18:39.357'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76409'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ndw1-psFvnrg
    label: psirt@cisco.com
  - url: 'https://software.cisco.com'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vendor-advisory
  - cisco
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-18T03:56:07.548307Z'
epss: 0.00496
epssPercentile: 0.41478
ingestedAt: '2026-09-16T16:37:52.188Z'
---

## Overview

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Nexus Dashboard engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.

The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76409 are related to improper limitation of a pathname issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-22.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **cisco-sa-hardening-ndw1-psFvnrg** · Cisco · affected: Cisco Nexus Dashboard (40 versions) · updated 2026-09-16 · [advisory](https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-ndw1-psFvnrg)