#network-security
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Critical Cisco Nexus 9000 Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution With Root Privileges
Cisco has released patches for a critical hole in its Silicon One–based Nexus 9000 switches that lets an unauthenticated attacker execute code with root privileges. At the same time, a “hardening” release of IOS XR went out, closing seven CVEs, two of them rated 9.8.