CVE detail

CVE-2024-20267 — CVE-2024-20267

Published 2024-02-29 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product nx-os · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

8.6

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0093

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

57.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability with the handling of MPLS traffic for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the netstack process to unexpectedly restart, which could cause the device to stop processing network traffic or to reload. This vulnerability is due to lack of proper error checking when processing an ingress MPLS frame. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPv6 packet that is encapsulated within an MPLS frame to an MPLS-enabled interface of the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Note: The IPv6 packet can be generated multiple hops away from the targeted device and then encapsulated within MPLS. The DoS condition may occur when the NX-OS device proces

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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