CVE-2021-1619

CRITICAL

Cisco Ios XE - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) function of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass NETCONF or RESTCONF authentication and do either of the following: Install, manipulate, or delete the configuration of an affected device Cause memory corruption that results in a denial of service (DoS) on an affected device This vulnerability is due to an uninitialized variable. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of NETCONF or RESTCONF requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to use NETCONF or RESTCONF to install, manipulate, or delete the configuration of a network device or to corrupt memory on the device, resulting a DoS.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0087
EPSS Percentile 75.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-908 CWE-824
Status published
Products (50)
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.1a
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.2
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.3
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.4
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.5
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.5b
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.6
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.7
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.8
... and 40 more
Published Sep 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026