CWE-476 Null Pointer in Cisco Expressway
CVE-2026-76492 Published on October 21, 2026

Cisco Expressway Series Software Hardening Release: October 2026 - NULL Pointer Vulnerabilities
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-2026-76492 are related to issues concerning null pointers that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Base CWE-476.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-76492 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Exploitation:
NONE
Automatable:
YES
Technical Impact:
PARTIAL
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. NULL pointer dereference issues can occur through a number of flaws, including race conditions, and simple programming omissions.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-76492

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Affected Versions

Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.37%
Percentile
30.97%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.