VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-3227

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability3.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@cisco.com: CWE-264
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-863

Primary references