CVE-2026-20171

MEDIUM EPSS 37.0%
Published May 20, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.8 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 20, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) enforce-first-as feature of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger BGP peer flaps, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of a transitive BGP attribute. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BGP update through an established BGP peer session. If the update propagates to an affected device, it could cause the device to drop the BGP session and flap with the BGP peer that is forwarding this update, resulting in a DoS condition.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.8
Exploitability
2.2
Impact
4.0
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
37.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-670

References 1

  • sec.cloudapps.cisco.com https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bgp-iefab-3hb2pwtx

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.