As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, engineering teams for Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.
The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76478 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76478 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284.
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, engineering teams for Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76478 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-284. | |
| Title | Cisco Unified Communications Products Hardening Release: October 2026 - Improper Access Control Vulnerabilities | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-284 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-21T16:15:47.937Z
Reserved: 2026-08-19T12:02:03.639Z
Link: CVE-2026-76478
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-21T17:19:07.650
Modified: 2026-10-21T18:54:37.403
Link: CVE-2026-76478
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