{
  "id": 5366022,
  "title": "Critical Cisco Nexus 9000 Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Run Code as Root",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/critical-cisco-nexus-9000-flaw-lets-unauthenticated-remote-attackers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-03T15:52:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/critical-cisco-nexus-9000-flaw-lets.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cisco has released patches to address a critical security flaw affecting 10 Silicon One-based Nexus 9000 switches that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code as root, alongside an IOS XR hardening release bundling 7 umbrella CVEs, 2 of which are rated 9.8, with no workaround for any IOS XR version. The Nexus vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20212 (CVSS score: 9.8), is",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}