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CVE-2026-20038

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI Mode Policy-Based Redirect Endpoint Group Contract Bypass Vulnerability

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Not listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

A vulnerability in the endpoint group (EPG) contract functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI Mode could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured EPG contracts. This vulnerability is due to an improper control with EPG contracts. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending IPv4 or IPv6 packets using UDP source and destination ports that are assigned to DHCP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass EPG contracts on the affected device.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Cisco Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode

    15.2(1g), 15.2(2e), 15.2(2f), 15.2(2g), 15.2(2h), 15.2(3f), 15.2(3e), 15.2(3g), 15.2(4d), 15.2(4e), 15.2(5c), 15.2(5d), 16.0(1g), 15.2(5e), 15.2(4f), 15.2(6e), 15.2(6h), 16.0(1j), 15.2(6g), 15.2(7f), 15.2(7g), 16.0(2h), 15.2(8d), 16.0(2j), 15.2(8e), 16.0(3d), 16.0(3e), 15.2(8f), 15.2(8g), 15.3(1d), and 31 more

References 1

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com