Release Notes for Crosswork Network Controller, Release 7.0.3
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Cisco Crosswork Network Controller, Release 7.0.3
Cisco Crosswork Network Controller, Release 7.0.3
The Cisco Crosswork Network Controller 7.0.3 release includes important resolved bugs and instructions on how to install the patch.
If you have additional questions not addressed in this document, contact Cisco Customer Experience.
There are no new features in this release.
The tables below outline the resolved issues in Crosswork Network Controller version 7.0.3.
This software release may include bug fixes that were introduced in previous versions. To more details, click the bug ID to access the Cisco Bug Search Tool.
Refer to the Cisco bug search tool section for instructions on how to use the tool.
Table 1. Resolved issues for Platform Infrastructure
| Bug ID |
Description |
| Smart License Register drawer displays stale data |
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| Double-clicking the refresh button lists less data in the "Job History" page of Crosswork Manager |
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| Vulnerabilities in tomcat - Upgrade spring-boot and tomcat jars |
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| Evaluation of Crosswork Network Controller for Apache Tomcat RCE 2025 vulnerability. |
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| Vulnerabilities in python-certifi 2023.7.22 |
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| Vulnerabilities in spring-security-crypto 6.3.7 |
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| Vulnerabilities in tomcat 10.1.16 |
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| Severity of "Certificate Will Expire" alarm fails to reflect urgency |
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| K8 certificate expiry alarm showing 364 days when it is less than a week |
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| Smart License page appears blank in some scenarios |
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| Vulnerabilities in openssl 3.4.0 CVE-2024-13176 |
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| Crosswork Network Controller fails to come up after restarting hybrid VMs |
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| CVE-2025-22235 Spring-boot |
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| Auto clear functionality fails in Crosswork Network Controller after node reload |
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| Incorrect copyright year displayed in exported PDF from Alarms and Events |
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| 5-Minute alarm auto clear job clears alarms prematurely, ignoring configured auto clear time |
Table 2. Resolved issues for Data Gateway
| Bug ID |
Description |
| Unable to get interface health feed and missing topology link attributes |
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| Interfaces are evicted from the icon service when the cadence for the SNMP collection job is set to 10 minutes or more |
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| Evaluation of Crosswork Data Gateway for Apache Tomcat RCE 2025 vulnerability |
Table 3. Resolved issues for Element Management Functions
| Bug ID |
Description |
| Security vulnerability fixes - Spring Boot and Tomcat upgrades |
Table 4. Resolved issues for Optimization Engine
| Bug ID |
Description |
| Optima RESTCONF networks API takes over 1 hour to respond with 14k devices |
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| Evaluation of Crosswork Optimization Engine for Apache Tomcat RCE 2025 vulnerability |
Table 5. Resolved issues for Service Health
| Bug ID |
Description |
| SR-PM delay metrics not visualized on Crosswork Network Controller |
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| L3VPN service monitoring (basic/advanced) stuck in "Initiated" state |
Table 6. Resolved issues for Traffic Engineering
| Bug ID |
Description |
| With NSO 6.1.11.2, the cisco-cfp-jwt-auth package fails due to a syntax issue in the authentication script, resulting in authentication errors in the Services & Traffic Engineering provisioning UI |
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| Interface-id for bundle ethernet ports is not fully displayed in VPN service creation flow |
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| Attempting to delete a prefix-list entry that contains multiple entries in the Crosswork Network Controller service provisioning UI results in an "Invalid Parameters" error, limiting users' ability to provision services effectively |
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| Policy creation errors in Provisioning (NSO) UI for AWS EC2 deployments |
Table 7. Resolved issues for Topology
| Bug ID |
Description |
| Optics properties are not displayed in the Detailed Inventory page for optics interfaces when accessing NCS540 Series Routers |
Table 8. Resolved issues for Device Lifecycle Management
| Bug ID |
Description |
| Pluggables/Transceivers data is incorrectly displayed under the Network Inventory page |
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| Unable to clear alarms manually from UI in Crosswork Network Controller. |
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| Inconsistent device unreachable alarm in Crosswork Network Controller. |
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| Exporting alarms with specific filter combinations, such as disabling 'View Latest Alarms' while enabling 'Active Alarms' or filtering based on Severities, results in an empty CSV or PDF output |
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| Selection of more than 100 alarms fails in Crosswork Network Controller |
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| Unreachable alarm is raised with SNMPRequestException traceback in description in Crosswork Network Controller. |
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| Save button disabled in Alarms and Events page for TACACS users with Admin role in Crosswork Network Controller |
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| The ZRP pluggable (QDD-400G-ZRP-S) interface details are not displayed correctly. The optics port is repeated twice in the interface name, and the Gigabit Ethernet interface is missing from the list |
Table 9. Resolved issues for Zero Touch Provisioning
| Bug ID |
Description |
| Vulnerabilities in tomcat 10.1.34 for Crosswork Network Controller |
You can use the Cisco Bug Search Tool to find detailed information about bugs in this release as well as in other releases.
Step 1. Go to the Cisco Bug Search Tool.
Step 2. Enter your registered Cisco.com username and password and click Log In. The Bug Search page opens.
Note: If you do not have a Cisco.com username and password, you can register here.
Step 3. From the Product list, select Cloud and Systems Management > Routing and Switching Management > Cisco Crosswork Network Automation.
Step 4. Enter the version (for example, 7.0.3) in the Release field.
Step 5. (Optional) You can enter additional criteria (such as bug ID, problem description, a feature, or a product name) in the Search For field.
Step 6. Click Search. When the search results are displayed, use the filter tools to narrow the results. You can filter the bugs by status, severity, and so on.
Step 7. To export the results to a spreadsheet, click Export Results to Excel.
Patch installation workflow
For instructions on installing the Crosswork Network Controller 7.0.3 patch, see Crosswork Network Controller Release 7.0.3 Patch Installation Workflow.
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