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GHSA-MQPH-G74F-5J5F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-07 18:30 – Updated: 2025-05-07 18:30

Details

This vulnerability is due to the improper handling of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Cisco IOx application hosting environment to stop responding. The IOx process will need to be manually restarted to recover services.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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CVE-2025-20196 (GCVE-0-2025-20196)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-07 17:38 – Updated: 2025-05-07 19:42

Summary

A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Cisco IOx application hosting environment to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the improper handling of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Cisco IOx application hosting environment to stop responding. The IOx process will need to be manually restarted to recover services.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-07 18:56 UTC

CWE

CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Assigner

cisco mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/c…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Cisco	IOS	Affected: N/A
Cisco	Cisco IOS XE Software	Affected: 16.1.1 Affected: 16.1.2 Affected: 16.1.3 Affected: 16.2.1 Affected: 16.2.2 Affected: 16.3.1 Affected: 16.3.2 Affected: 16.3.3 Affected: 16.3.1a Affected: 16.3.4 Affected: 16.3.5 Affected: 16.3.5b Affected: 16.3.6 Affected: 16.3.7 Affected: 16.3.8 Affected: 16.3.9 Affected: 16.3.10 Affected: 16.3.11 Affected: 16.4.1 Affected: 16.4.2 Affected: 16.4.3 Affected: 16.5.1 Affected: 16.5.1a Affected: 16.5.1b Affected: 16.5.2 Affected: 16.5.3 Affected: 17.1.1 Affected: 17.1.1a Affected: 17.1.1s Affected: 17.1.1t Affected: 17.1.3 Affected: 17.2.1 Affected: 17.2.1r Affected: 17.2.1a Affected: 17.2.1v Affected: 17.2.2 Affected: 17.2.3 Affected: 17.3.1 Affected: 17.3.2 Affected: 17.3.3 Affected: 17.3.1a Affected: 17.3.1w Affected: 17.3.2a Affected: 17.3.1x Affected: 17.3.1z Affected: 17.3.4 Affected: 17.3.5 Affected: 17.3.4a Affected: 17.3.6 Affected: 17.3.4b Affected: 17.3.4c Affected: 17.3.5a Affected: 17.3.5b Affected: 17.3.7 Affected: 17.3.8 Affected: 17.3.8a Affected: 17.4.1 Affected: 17.4.2 Affected: 17.4.1a Affected: 17.4.1b Affected: 17.4.2a Affected: 17.5.1 Affected: 17.5.1a Affected: 17.6.1 Affected: 17.6.2 Affected: 17.6.1w Affected: 17.6.1a Affected: 17.6.1x Affected: 17.6.3 Affected: 17.6.1y Affected: 17.6.1z Affected: 17.6.3a Affected: 17.6.4 Affected: 17.6.1z1 Affected: 17.6.5 Affected: 17.6.6 Affected: 17.6.6a Affected: 17.6.5a Affected: 17.6.7 Affected: 17.6.8 Affected: 17.6.8a Affected: 17.7.1 Affected: 17.7.1a Affected: 17.7.1b Affected: 17.7.2 Affected: 17.10.1 Affected: 17.10.1a Affected: 17.10.1b Affected: 17.8.1 Affected: 17.8.1a Affected: 17.9.1 Affected: 17.9.1w Affected: 17.9.2 Affected: 17.9.1a Affected: 17.9.1x Affected: 17.9.1y Affected: 17.9.3 Affected: 17.9.2a Affected: 17.9.1x1 Affected: 17.9.3a Affected: 17.9.4 Affected: 17.9.1y1 Affected: 17.9.5 Affected: 17.9.4a Affected: 17.9.5a Affected: 17.9.5b Affected: 17.9.6 Affected: 17.9.6a Affected: 17.9.5e Affected: 17.9.5f Affected: 17.11.1 Affected: 17.11.1a Affected: 17.12.1 Affected: 17.12.1w Affected: 17.12.1a Affected: 17.12.1x Affected: 17.12.2 Affected: 17.12.3 Affected: 17.12.2a Affected: 17.12.1y Affected: 17.12.1z Affected: 17.12.4 Affected: 17.12.3a Affected: 17.12.1z1 Affected: 17.12.1z2 Affected: 17.12.4a Affected: 17.12.4b Affected: 17.12.1z4 Affected: 17.13.1 Affected: 17.13.1a Affected: 17.14.1 Affected: 17.14.1a Affected: 17.11.99SW Affected: 17.15.2 Affected: 17.15.2c Affected: 17.15.2a Affected: 17.15.2b

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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