CVE-2021-1586

HIGH

Cisco NX-OS - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Crafted TCP Traffic

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Multi-Pod or Multi-Site network configurations for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to unexpectedly restart the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability exists because TCP traffic sent to a specific port on an affected device is not properly sanitized. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted TCP data to a specific port that is listening on a public-facing IP address for the Multi-Pod or Multi-Site configuration. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-345
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/nx-os 15.0\(2e\)
cisco/nx-os 15.1\(1h\)
Published Aug 25, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026