CVE-2017-12213

MEDIUM

Cisco IOS XE on Catalyst 4000 - Unauthenticated 802.1x Bypass via Dynamic ACL

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the dynamic access control list (ACL) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause dynamic ACL assignment to fail and the port to fail open. This could allow the attacker to pass traffic to the default VLAN of the affected port. The vulnerability is due to an uncaught error condition that may occur during the reassignment of the auth-default-ACL dynamic ACL to a switch port after 802.1x authentication fails. A successful exploit of this issue could allow a physically adjacent attacker to bypass 802.1x authentication and cause the affected port to fail open, allowing the attacker to pass traffic to the default VLAN of the affected switch port. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc72751.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039284
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100663

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0078
EPSS Percentile 51.5%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/ios_xe
n/a/Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Switches Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Switches
Published Sep 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026