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Cisco IOS Xe 16.2.1

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49CVEs
CVE-2017-12229
A vulnerability in the REST API of the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE 3.1 through 16.5 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication to the REST API of the web UI of the affected software. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation for the REST API of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious API request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the web UI of the affected software. This vulnerability affects Cisco devices that are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS XE Software, if the HTTP Server feature is enabled for the device. The newly redesigned, web-based administration UI was introduced in the Denali 16.2 Release of Cisco IOS XE Software. This vulnerability does not affect the web-based administration UI in earlier releases of Cisco IOS XE Software. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuz46036.
Published 2017-09-28 · Modified
10.0EPSS 0.052
CVE-2019-1755
Cisco IOS XE Software Command Injection Vulnerability
Published 2019-03-28 · Modified
9.0EPSS 0.034
CVE-2020-3219
Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Command Injection Vulnerability
Published 2020-06-03 · Modified
9.0EPSS 0.033
CVE-2017-12230
A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE 16.2 could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate their privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect default permission settings for new users who are created by using the web UI of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the web UI of the affected software to create a new user and then logging into the web UI as the newly created user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco devices that are running a vulnerable release Cisco IOS XE Software, if the HTTP Server feature is enabled for the device. The newly redesigned, web-based administration UI was introduced in the Denali 16.2 Release of Cisco IOS XE Software. This vulnerability does not affect the web-based administration UI in earlier releases of Cisco IOS XE Software. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuy83062.
Published 2017-09-28 · Modified
9.0EPSS 0.032
CVE-2017-3858
A vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of HTTP parameters supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and submitting crafted input to the affected web page parameter. The user must be authenticated to access the affected parameter. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges. This vulnerability affects Cisco devices running Cisco IOS XE Software Release 16.2.1, if the HTTP Server feature is enabled for the device. The newly redesigned, web-based administration interface was introduced in the Denali 16.2 Release of Cisco IOS XE Software. The web-based administration interface in earlier releases of Cisco IOS XE Software is not affected by this vulnerability. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuy83069.
Published 2017-03-22 · Modified
9.0EPSS 0.031
CVE-2019-1743
Cisco IOS XE Software Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Published 2019-03-27 · Modified
8.8EPSS 0.022
CVE-2020-3425
Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Published 2020-09-24 · Modified
8.8EPSS 0.018
CVE-2020-3217
Cisco IOS, IOS XE, IOS XR, and NX-OS Software One Platform Kit Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Published 2020-06-03 · Modified
8.8EPSS 0.011
CVE-2019-1904
Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Published 2019-06-21 · Modified
8.8EPSS 0.010
CVE-2019-1745
Cisco IOS XE Software Command Injection Vulnerability
Published 2019-03-27 · Modified
8.8EPSS 0.004
CVE-2019-1737
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software IP Service Level Agreement Denial of Service Vulnerability
Published 2019-03-27 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.026
CVE-2019-1752
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software ISDN Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability
Published 2019-03-28 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.025
CVE-2019-1738
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Network-Based Application Recognition Denial of Service Vulnerability
Published 2019-03-27 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.025
CVE-2019-1739
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Network-Based Application Recognition Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Published 2019-03-27 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.025
CVE-2019-1740
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Network-Based Application Recognition Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Published 2019-03-27 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.022
CVE-2020-3226
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
Published 2020-06-03 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.016
CVE-2021-1446
Cisco IOS XE Software DNS NAT Protocol Application Layer Gateway Denial of Service Vulnerability
Published 2021-03-24 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.015
CVE-2023-20027
Cisco IOS XE Software Virtual Fragmentation Reassembly Denial of Service Vulnerability
Published 2023-03-23 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.010
CVE-2024-20436
A vulnerability in the HTTP Server feature of Cisco IOS XE Software when the Telephony Service feature is enabled could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a null pointer dereference when accessing specific URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, causing a DoS condition on the affected device.
Published 2024-09-25 · Analyzed
8.6EPSS 0.009
CVE-2020-3203
Cisco IOS XE Software Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Denial of Service Vulnerability
Published 2020-06-03 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.008
CVE-2024-20314
A vulnerability in the IPv4 Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) fabric edge node feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization and stop all traffic processing, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain IPv4 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain IPv4 packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to exhaust CPU resources and stop processing traffic, resulting in a DoS condition.
Published 2024-03-27 · Analyzed
8.6EPSS 0.008
CVE-2023-20187
A vulnerability in the Multicast Leaf Recycle Elimination (mLRE) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of certain IPv6 multicast packets when they are fanned out more than seven times on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specific IPv6 multicast or IPv6 multicast VPN (MVPNv6) packet through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of the affected device, resulting in a DoS condition.
Published 2023-09-27 · Modified
8.6EPSS 0.007
CVE-2024-20480
A vulnerability in the DHCP Snooping feature of Cisco IOS XE Software on Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) fabric edge nodes could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition that requires a manual reload to recover. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of IPv4 DHCP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain IPv4 DHCP packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to exhaust CPU resources and stop processing traffic, resulting in a DoS condition that requires a manual reload to recover.
Published 2024-09-25 · Analyzed
8.6EPSS 0.006
CVE-2025-20200
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privilege level 15 to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation when processing specific configuration commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input in specific configuration commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The security impact rating (SIR) of this advisory has been raised to High because an attacker could gain access to the underlying operating system of the affected device and perform potentially undetected actions. Note: The attacker must have privileges to enter configuration mode on the affected device. This is usually referred to as privilege level 15.
Published 2025-05-07 · Analyzed
8.2EPSS 0.002
CVE-2025-20197
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privilege level 15 to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation when processing specific configuration commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input in specific configuration commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The security impact rating (SIR) of this advisory has been raised to High because an attacker could gain access to the underlying operating system of the affected device and perform potentially undetected actions. Note: The attacker must have privileges to enter configuration mode on the affected device. This is usually referred to as privilege level 15.
Published 2025-05-07 · Analyzed
8.2EPSS 0.002
CVE-2025-20199
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privilege level 15 to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation when processing specific configuration commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input in specific configuration commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The security impact rating (SIR) of this advisory has been raised to High because an attacker could gain access to the underlying operating system of the affected device and perform potentially undetected actions. Note: The attacker must have privileges to enter configuration mode on the affected device. This is usually referred to as privilege level 15.
Published 2025-05-07 · Analyzed
8.2EPSS 0.002
CVE-2025-20198
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privilege level 15 to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation when processing specific configuration commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input in specific configuration commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The security impact rating (SIR) of this advisory has been raised to High because an attacker could gain access to the underlying operating system of the affected device and perform potentially undetected actions. Note: The attacker must have privileges to enter configuration mode on the affected device. This is usually referred to as privilege level 15.
Published 2025-05-07 · Analyzed
8.2EPSS 0.002
CVE-2016-6378
Cisco IOS XE 3.1 through 3.17 and 16.1 through 16.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted ICMP packets that require NAT, aka Bug ID CSCuw85853.
Published 2016-10-05 · Modified
7.8EPSS 0.019
CVE-2021-1442
Cisco IOS XE Software Plug-and-Play Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published 2021-03-24 · Modified
7.8EPSS 0.002
CVE-2025-20174
A vulnerability in the SNMP subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper error handling when parsing SNMP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SNMP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.  This vulnerability affects SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3. To exploit this vulnerability through SNMP v2c or earlier, the attacker must know a valid read-write or read-only SNMP community string for the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability through SNMP v3, the attacker must have valid SNMP user credentials for the affected system.
Published 2025-02-05 · Analyzed
7.7EPSS 0.008
CVE-2024-20307
A vulnerability in the IKEv1 fragmentation code of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a heap overflow, resulting in an affected device reloading. This vulnerability exists because crafted, fragmented IKEv1 packets are not properly reassembled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted UDP packets to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: Only traffic that is directed to the affected system can be used to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability can be triggered by IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.
Published 2024-03-27 · Analyzed
7.5EPSS 0.007
CVE-2025-20189
A vulnerability in the Cisco Express Forwarding functionality of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco ASR 903 Aggregation Services Routers with Route Switch Processor 3 (RSP3C) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper memory management when Cisco IOS XE Software is processing Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted ARP messages at a high rate over a period of time to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system resources, which eventually triggers a reload of the active route switch processor (RSP). If a redundant RSP is not present, the router reloads.
Published 2025-05-07 · Analyzed
7.4EPSS 0.002
CVE-2023-20273
A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject commands with the privileges of root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges.
Published 2023-10-24 · Analyzed
7.2KEVEPSS 0.896
CVE-2020-3213
Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published 2020-06-03 · Modified
7.2EPSS 0.004
CVE-2020-3215
Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Published 2020-06-03 · Modified
7.2EPSS 0.004
CVE-2020-3209
Cisco IOS XE Software Digital Signature Verification Bypass Vulnerability
Published 2020-06-03 · Modified
7.2EPSS 0.003
CVE-2022-20694
Cisco IOS XE Software Border Gateway Protocol Resource Public Key Infrastructure Denial of Service Vulnerability
Published 2022-04-15 · Modified
7.1EPSS 0.012
CVE-2017-6606
A vulnerability in a startup script of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the targeted system to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the root user. More Information: CSCuz06639 CSCuz42122. Known Affected Releases: 15.6(1.1)S 16.1.2 16.2.0 15.2(1)E. Known Fixed Releases: Denali-16.1.3 16.2(1.8) 16.1(2.61) 15.6(2)SP 15.6(2)S1 15.6(1)S2 15.5(3)S3a 15.5(3)S3 15.5(2)S4 15.5(1)S4 15.4(3)S6a 15.4(3)S6 15.3(3)S8a 15.3(3)S8 15.2(5)E 15.2(4)E3 15.2(3)E5 15.0(2)SQD3 15.0(1.9.2)SQD3 3.9(0)E.
Published 2017-04-07 · Modified
6.9EPSS 0.005
CVE-2021-1398
Cisco IOS XE Software Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Published 2021-03-24 · Modified
6.9EPSS 0.004
CVE-2025-20201
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privilege level 15 to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation when processing specific configuration commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input in specific configuration commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The security impact rating (SIR) of this advisory has been raised to High because an attacker could gain access to the underlying operating system of the affected device and perform potentially undetected actions. Note: The attacker must have privileges to enter configuration mode on the affected device. This is usually referred to as privilege level 15.
Published 2025-05-07 · Analyzed
6.7EPSS 0.002
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