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CVE-2022-20697highCWE-691

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Web Services Denial of Service Vulnerability

21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.6epss 1.2%
exploitation probability
1.2%top 34% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper resource management in the HTTP server code. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Cisco · Cisco IOS