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【Vulnerability Alert】Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Contain a Critical Cybersecurity Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20212)

publish date : 2026-09-11 update date : 2026-09-11

Source: Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform

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Publication Number TACERT-ANA-2026090708095656 Publication Time 2026-09-07 08:53:56
Incident Type ANA-Vulnerability Alert Discovery Time 2026-09-07 08:53:56
Impact Level Low  
[Subject]
【Vulnerability Alert】Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Contain a Critical Cybersecurity Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20212)
[Content]

Forwarded from TWCERTCC Cybersecurity Alert TWCERTCC-200-202609-00000003

Cisco issued an advisory regarding a critical cybersecurity vulnerability affecting its Nexus 9000 Series switches (CVE-2026-20212, CVSS: 9.8). A vulnerability exists in the Silicon One integration of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches, which may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute code with root privileges.

Information Sharing Level: WHITE (the intelligence content is information that may be publicly disclosed)

[Affected Platform]

N9324C-SE1U, N9348Y2C6D-SE1U, N9364E-SG2-O, N9364E-SG2-Q, N9396T12C-SE1, N9348Y12C-SE1, N9396Y12C-SE1, N9336C-SE1, N9K-C9804, N9K-C9808

[Recommended Actions]

Apply the patches according to the remediation instructions released on the official website.

[Reference]

https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-169-11185-7d481-1.html

(This notification is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a cybersecurity incident).
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