Description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco networking 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-76472 are related to issues with improper neutralization of special elements that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74.
Published: 2026-10-07
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: Potential Injection Vulnerability
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability identified as CVE‑2026‑76472 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements flaw, classified under CWE‑74. This weakness allows injected malicious input to bypass sanitization checks. Based on the description, it is inferred that such input could lead to command, script, or configuration injection, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the device or network. The CVE does not explicitly state that it results in remote code execution.

Affected Systems

Affected systems include Cisco Campus Gateway Software, Cisco Meraki MR Wireless Access Points Software, Cisco Meraki MV Firmware, and Cisco Meraki MX Firmware. No specific version numbers are listed in the advisory, so all current iterations of these products should be considered potentially vulnerable until patched.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.8 demonstrates high severity. The EPSS score is not available, so the current exploitation probability is unclear, and the lack of known public exploits and absence from CISA’s KEV inventory suggest no widespread active attacks. Nonetheless, given the nature of the flaw and the high CVSS, threat actors could target these devices via remote management interfaces or APIs, exploiting the weakness if the device is exposed to untrusted input paths. (The likely attack vector is inferred.)

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 7, 2026 at 18:35 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply Cisco’s October 2026 hardening firmware updates to all Meraki devices, campus gateways, and MV firmware that contain the fix for this vulnerability.
  • Restrict management access to the firmware’s configuration interfaces by limiting it to trusted IP ranges or VPNs until the update is installed.
  • Verify that external interfaces, APIs, and remote access are disabled or secured on all affected devices to prevent the injection of malicious input.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 7, 2026 at 18:35 UTC.

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History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco networking 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-76472 are related to issues with improper neutralization of special elements that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-74.
Title Cisco Meraki Security Hardening Release October 2026 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Vulnerabilities
Weaknesses CWE-74
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T16:19:54.726Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T12:02:03.638Z

Link: CVE-2026-76472

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-07T17:17:00.437

Modified: 2026-10-07T17:17:00.437

Link: CVE-2026-76472

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Updated: 2026-10-07T18:45:12Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-74

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')