cisco-sa-aci-epgcbp-SfDU7NLfMediumCVSS 5.8

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI Mode Endpoint Group Contract Bypass Vulnerability

Published
October 7, 2026
Last Modified
October 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-20038 →

📋 Description

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.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is part of a group of advisories. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Advance Notification for Publication of October 7, 2026, Security Advisories ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-notice-fBn58ELx"]. In addition, for further documentation of improvements and fixes in Cisco NX-OS Software, see Cisco NX-OS Software Security Hardening Release: October 2026 ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-nxosw1-cWzSbtR"].

CVE-2026-20038 — Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI Mode Policy-Based Redirect Endpoint Group Contract Bypass Vulnerability (CVSS 3.1 5.8, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)

🎯 Affected products63

  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode
  • Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(1g)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(2e)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(2f)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(2g)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(2h)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(3e)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(3f)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(3g)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(4d)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(4e)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(4f)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(5c)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(5d)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(5e)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(6e)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(6g)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(6h)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(7f)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(7g)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(8d)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(8e)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(8f)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(8g)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(8h)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.2(8i)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.3(1d)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.3(2a)
  • Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 15.3(2b)
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✅ Remediation

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. https://software.cisco.com Workarounds: There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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