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#1 BleepingComputer general October 08, 2026 at 15:26 UTC

Cisco warns of critical flaws allowing Nexus switch takeover

By Bill Toulas

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Cisco disclosed five critical vulnerabilities in its NX-OS data center operating system affecting Nexus switches, allowing arbitrary code execution with root privileges. Security teams managing Cisco data center infrastructure should treat these as urgent patching priorities given the breadth of NX-OS deployments in enterprise and service provider environments.

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