CVE-2024-20321

HIGH

Cisco NX-OS - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via eBGP Traffic Rate-Limiter Exhaustion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the External Border Gateway Protocol (eBGP) implementation of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because eBGP traffic is mapped to a shared hardware rate-limiter queue. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending large amounts of network traffic with certain characteristics through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause eBGP neighbor sessions to be dropped, leading to a DoS condition in the network.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 64.2%
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-770 CWE-400
Status published
Products (48)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f1\(1\)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f2\(1\)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f2\(2\)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f3\(1\)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f3\(2\)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f3\(3\)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f3\(3a\)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f3\(3c\)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f3\(4\)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)f3\(5\)
... and 38 more
Published Feb 29, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026