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Head-to-head

Cisco vs Broadcom

Cisco carries 26.9× the disclosed CVE volume of Broadcom. Volume reflects disclosure practice and install base as much as code quality — read it with the severity mix. Sourced from the NIST NVD; lower counts indicate a smaller disclosed vulnerability surface — not necessarily lower risk.

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Disclosure record

Bars are normalized per row to the larger value; the leading count is emphasized.

Metric comparison: Cisco versus Broadcom. Each row gives the metric, Cisco’s count on the left and Broadcom’s count on the right.
CiscoMetricBroadcom
2,850Total CVEs106
93Critical8
1,229High49
1,502Medium45
26Low4
2,285Open in latest59
10Product families2
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Risk profile

Each severity band as a share of the vendor's own total — strips out raw volume so the profiles compare directly.

Cisco

3.3% critical
Critical
933.3%
High
1,22943.1%
Medium
1,50252.7%
Low
260.9%

Broadcom

7.5% critical
Critical
87.5%
High
4946.2%
Medium
4542.5%
Low
43.8%
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Recent activity

Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.

Cisco

Recent CVEs affecting Cisco
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-20349(opens NVD record)High
8.6
Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-20273(opens NVD record)High
8.6
Aug 5, 2026
CVE-2026-20272(opens NVD record)Critical
9.8
Aug 5, 2026
CVE-2026-20271(opens NVD record)High
8.6
Aug 5, 2026
CVE-2026-20270(opens NVD record)High
8.6
Aug 5, 2026
CVE-2026-20269(opens NVD record)High
8.6
Aug 5, 2026

Broadcom

Recent CVEs affecting Broadcom
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2025-9711(opens NVD record)High
7.8
Feb 3, 2026
CVE-2025-58381(opens NVD record)Low
2.3
Feb 3, 2026
CVE-2025-58380(opens NVD record)Low
2.3
Feb 3, 2026
CVE-2026-0383(opens NVD record)High
7.8
Feb 3, 2026
CVE-2025-58383(opens NVD record)High
7.2
Feb 3, 2026
CVE-2025-58382(opens NVD record)High
7.2
Feb 3, 2026