# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-20038"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-07T16:11:55.078Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-07T18:05:53.253Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:55.771Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-20038"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-20038.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20038"
title: "Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI Mode Policy-Based Redirect Endpoint Group Contract Bypass Vulnerability"
summary: "A vulnerability in the endpoint group (EPG) contract functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI Mode could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured EPG contracts.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to an improper control with EPG contracts. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending IPv4 or IPv6 packets using UDP source and destination ports that are assigned to DHCP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass EPG contracts on the affected device."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"15.2(1g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(2e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(2f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(2g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(2h)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(3f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(3e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(3g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(4d)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(4e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(5c)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(5d)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(1g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(5e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(4f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(6e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(6h)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(1j)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(6g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(7f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(7g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(2h)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(8d)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(2j)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(8e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(3d)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(3e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(8f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(8g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.3(1d)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(8h)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(4c)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.3(2a)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.2(8i)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(5h)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.3(2b)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(3g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(5j)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.3(2c)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(6c)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.3(2d)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.1(1f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(7e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(8e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.3(2e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(8f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.1(2f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.1(2g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"15.3(2f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(9c)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.1(3f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(9d)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(6h)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(8h)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.1(3g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(9e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.1(4h)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.1(5e)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.2(1g)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.0(9f)","status":"affected"},{"version":"16.2(2e)","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Cisco","product":"Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode","defaultStatus":"unknown"}]

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