vulnerability

Cisco XE: CVE-2022-20692: Cisco IOS XE Software NETCONF Over SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 13, 2022
Added
Aug 19, 2022
Modified
Dec 4, 2025

Description

A vulnerability in the NETCONF over SSH feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow a low-privileged, authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient resource management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by initiating a large number of NETCONF over SSH connections. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources, causing the device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition on an affected device.

Solution

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