CVE detail

CVE-2020-3516 — CVE-2020-3516

Published 2020-09-24 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product ios_xe · Source nvd

MEDIUM

severity

CVSS-derived band

4.3

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0167

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

75.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the web server authentication of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to crash the web server on the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation during authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering unexpected characters during a valid authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to crash the web server on the device, which must be manually recovered by disabling and re-enabling the web server.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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