CVE-2022-20692CWE-400

Cisco IOS XE Software NETCONF Over SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability

High · published April 15, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the NETCONF over SSH feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow a low-privileged, authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient resource management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by initiating a large number of NETCONF over SSH connections. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources, causing the device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition on an affected device.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01149 · 66.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2022-04-15T14:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 APR 14:16Z
    Cisco IOS XE Software NETCONF Over SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability
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