CVE-2020-3174

MEDIUM

Cisco NX-OS - Unauthenticated ARP Cache Poisoning via Gratuitous ARP Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the anycast gateway feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a device to learn invalid Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries. The ARP entries are for nonlocal IP addresses for the subnet. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of a received gratuitous ARP (GARP) request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious GARP packet on the local subnet to cause the ARP table on the device to become corrupted. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to populate the ARP table with incorrect entries, which could lead to traffic disruptions.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.8%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-345
Status published
Products (3)
cisco/nx-os 8.1\(1\)
cisco/nx-os 8.4\(1\)
cisco/nx-os 9.3\(1\)
Published Feb 26, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026