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2026-05-06 Network World

Switch storm coming: Gartner forecasts price hikes, long lead times for enterprise data center switches

Enterprise companies looking to build or upgrade their data center switches, or even get technical support, best be prepared to wait in line behind AI-first providers that are chewing up most of the available resources. That’s the upshot of a recent Gartner report, which paints a grim picture of the data center switch market for the next year. Switch vendors are “aggressively pivoting resources…

Arista Cisco Juniper

2026-05-07 SecurityWeek

Attackers Could Exploit AI Vision Models Using Imperceptible Image Changes

Cisco’s AI security researchers have analyzed ways to target vision-language models (VLMs) using pixel-level perturbation. The post Attackers Could Exploit AI Vision Models Using I…

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2026-05-07 SecurityWeek

Cisco Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Enterprise Products

Successful exploitation of the flaws could lead to code execution, server-side request forgery attacks, and denial-of-service conditions. The post Cisco Patches High-Severity Vulne…

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2026-05-06 BleepingComputer

New Cisco DoS flaw requires manual reboot to revive devices

Cisco patched a Crosswork Network Controller and Network Services Orchestrator denial-of-service vulnerability that requires manually rebooting targeted systems for recovery. [...]

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2026-05-06 Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco Unity Connection Remote Code Execution and Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Unity Connection could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on or conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks through an affec…

Cisco CVE-2026-20034 CVE-2026-20035

2026-05-06 Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco IoT Field Network Director Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Field Network Director Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access files, execute c…

Cisco CVE-2026-20167 CVE-2026-20168 CVE-2026-20169

2026-05-06 Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco Identity Services Engine Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow a remote attacker to bypass authorization mechanisms or examine error messages to gain access to sensit…

Cisco CVE-2026-20193 CVE-2026-20195

2026-05-06 Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco Crosswork Network Controller and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Advisory

Following the initial publication of the Security Advisory about a denial of service (DoS) condition in Cisco Crosswork Network Controller and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (…

Cisco CVE-2026-20188

2026-05-06 Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco Slido Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Slido could have allowed an authenticated, remote attacker to access the social profile data of other users or affect quiz and poll results…

Cisco CVE-2026-20219

2026-05-06 Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco Enterprise Chat and Email Lite Agent File Upload Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Lite Agent feature of Cisco Enterprise Chat and Email (ECE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct browser-based attacks. To exploit this v…

Cisco CVE-2026-20172

2026-05-06 Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco Prime Infrastructure Information Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the log file download functionality of Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to download arbitrary log files from the server. …

Cisco CVE-2026-20189

2026-05-06 Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco SG350 and SG350X Series Managed Switches SNMP Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco 350 Series Managed Switches (SG350) and Cisco 350X Series Stackable Managed Switches (SG350X) fi…

Cisco CVE-2026-20185

2026-05-05 Packet Pushers

HW077: The Lean Network Team: Real-World Lessons in Automating a Wireless Network (Sponsored)

In this sponsored episode, brought to you by Cisco, Keith sits down with Mark Rodrigue of Room & Board and Dan Davis of Cisco. They discuss Room & Board’s network and how their thr…

Cisco Meraki

2026-05-05 Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco Identity Services Engine Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) guest portals could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-…

Cisco CVE-2025-20204 CVE-2025-20205

2026-05-05 The Hacker News

China-Linked UAT-8302 Targets Governments Using Shared APT Malware Across Regions

A sophisticated China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been attributed to attacks targeting government entities in South America since at least late 2024 and govern…

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2026-05-04 Network World

Cisco grabs Astrix to secure AI agents

Cisco announced plans to acquire Astrix Security for an undisclosed amount to bolster its AI agent security portfolio. Astrix is known for its security platform that specializes in…

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2026-05-04 SecurityWeek

Cisco Moves to Acquire Astrix Security to Tackle Non-Human Identity Risks

The acquisition strengthens Cisco’s push into identity-centric security for AI and machine access. The post Cisco Moves to Acquire Astrix Security to Tackle Non-Human Identity Risk…

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2026-05-04 Packet Pushers

NB573: Cisco Open-Sources OpenClaw Protection; T-Mobile Taps Starlink for Broadband Redundancy

Take a Network Break! It’s a busy show this week. We start with follow-up on Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, router bans, and end-of-engineering/end-of-support date changes for Fort…

Cisco Fortinet

2026-05-04 Network World

Cisco nerds out: May the Fourth be with your AI assistant

Your local Cisco AI Assistant just got a little Jedi training. Cisco is looking to make the most of the unofficial Star Wars Day with a May the Fourth Be With You release of wha…

Cisco Meraki