---
id: "CVE-2026-76496"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-76496"]
title: "Cisco Expressway: hardening release fixes multiple improper link resolution flaws"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.0
epss: 0.00122
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["cisco-expressway", "self-hosted", "vendor", "video-collaboration"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-21T17:19:09+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:29+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:38:08+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76496", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:29+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-76496", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T13:15:54+00:00"}]
---

# Cisco Expressway: hardening release fixes multiple improper link resolution flaws

Cisco Expressway Series contains several internally found flaws in how it resolves links, classified as CWE-59 (improper link resolution before file access). The sources do not state what an attacker can do with them beyond that classification.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Expressway software version against the fixed releases listed in Cisco's advisory (not in the sources; unknown).

## Fix

- Upgrade Cisco Expressway to the hardening release named in Cisco's security advisory (version unknown from the sources).

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:29+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76496
- 2026-10-24T13:15:54+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-76496

## From the sources

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Expressway Series software 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-2026-76496 are related to issues concerning improper link resolutions that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Base CWE-59.

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