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CVE-2020-3227

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.03408
Risk score
40.39
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2020-06-03
Modified
2024-11-15
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2020-24498, GHSA-QMFX-JQW3-RHHV
Products
Cisco:Cisco IOS XE Software 16.3.1 n/a
Sources
euvd EUVD-2020-24498

Description

A vulnerability in the authorization controls for the Cisco IOx application hosting infrastructure in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute Cisco IOx API commands without proper authorization. The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of requests for authorization tokens. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a crafted API call to request such a token. An exploit could allow the attacker to obtain an authorization token and execute any of the IOx API commands on an affected device.

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