A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation when processing specific Ethernet frames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted Ethernet frame to the management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.
Note: Only the out-of-band (OOB) management interface is affected.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:15:00 +0000
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| Description | A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation when processing specific Ethernet frames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted Ethernet frame to the management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: Only the out-of-band (OOB) management interface is affected. | |
| Title | Cisco NX-OS Software Denial of Service Vulnerability | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-805 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-25T19:05:48.146Z
Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.353Z
Link: CVE-2026-20033
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-02-25T17:25:24.560
Modified: 2026-02-25T17:25:24.560
Link: CVE-2026-20033
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