Cisco IOS XE vulnerabilities
526 known vulnerabilities affecting cisco/ios_xe.
Total CVEs
526
CISA KEV
27
actively exploited
Public exploits
8
Exploited in wild
33
Severity breakdown
CRITICAL22HIGH339MEDIUM164LOW1
Vulnerabilities
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CVE-2017-12226P3HIGHCVSS 8.8v3.7.0ev3.7.1e+4 more2017-09-29
CVE-2017-12226 [HIGH] CWE-264 CVE-2017-12226: A vulnerability in the web-based Wireless Controller GUI of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco 5760 Wir
A vulnerability in the web-based Wireless Controller GUI of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco 5760 Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E (Wireless) Switches, and Cisco New Generation Wireless Controllers (NGWC) 3850 could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate their privileges on an affected device. The vulnera
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CVE-2019-1743P3HIGHCVSS 8.8v16.2.1v16.2.2+29 more2019-03-28
CVE-2019-1743 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2019-1743: A vulnerability in the web UI framework of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remot
A vulnerability in the web UI framework of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to make unauthorized changes to the filesystem of the affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious file and uploading it to the device. An exploit co
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CVE-2018-0195P3HIGHCVSS 8.8fixed in 16.2.22018-03-28
CVE-2018-0195 [HIGH] CWE-287 CVE-2018-0195: A vulnerability in the Cisco IOS XE Software REST API could allow an authenticated, remote attacker
A vulnerability in the Cisco IOS XE Software REST API could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass API authorization checks and use the API to perform privileged actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization checks for requests that are sent to the REST API of the affected software. An attacker could exp
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CVE-2026-20267P3CRITICALCVSS 9.0v16.6.2v16.6.3+265 more2026-08-05
CVE-2026-20267 [CRITICAL] CWE-284 CVE-2026-20267: As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE So
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.
The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20267 are relat
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CVE-2025-20160P3HIGHCVSS 8.1v3.8.6ev3.8.7e+233 more2025-09-24
CVE-2025-20160 [HIGH] CWE-287 CVE-2025-20160: A vulnerability in the implementation of the TACACS+ protocol in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE
A vulnerability in the implementation of the TACACS+ protocol in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive data or bypass authentication.
This vulnerability exists because the system does not properly check whether the required TACACS+ shared secret is configured. A machine-in-the-mi
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CVE-2026-20272P3CRITICALCVSS 9.8v16.6.2v16.6.3+265 more2026-08-05
CVE-2026-20272 [CRITICAL] CWE-74 CVE-2026-20272: As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE So
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XE Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.
The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20272 are relate
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CVE-2020-3224P3HIGHCVSS 8.8v16.11.1v16.11.1a+4 more2020-06-03
CVE-2020-3224 [HIGH] CWE-77 CVE-2020-3224: A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an aut
A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with read-only privileges to inject IOS commands to an affected device. The injected commands should require a higher privilege level in order to be executed. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of specific
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CVE-2020-3425P3HIGHCVSS 8.8v16.1.1v16.1.2+105 more2020-09-24
CVE-2020-3425 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2020-3425: Multiple vulnerabilities in the web management framework of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an aut
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web management framework of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with read-only privileges to elevate privileges to the level of an Administrator user on an affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.
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CVE-2020-3141P3HIGHCVSS 8.8v16.9.4v17.2.1+2 more2020-09-24
CVE-2020-3141 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2020-3141: Multiple vulnerabilities in the web management framework of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an aut
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web management framework of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with read-only privileges to elevate privileges to the level of an Administrator user on an affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.
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CVE-2023-20186P3CRITICALCVSS 9.1v3.2.0sev3.2.1se+379 more2023-09-27
CVE-2023-20186 [CRITICAL] CWE-285 CVE-2023-20186: A vulnerability in the Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) feature of Cisco IOS Soft
A vulnerability in the Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass command authorization and copy files to or from the file system of an affected device using the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP).
This vulnerability is due to incorrect
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CVE-2026-20301P3HIGHCVSS 8.6v3.8.10cev3.8.10de+285 more2026-08-05
CVE-2026-20301 [HIGH] CWE-606 CVE-2026-20301: A vulnerability in the Extensible Messaging Client Protocol (XMCP), also referred to as the External
A vulnerability in the Extensible Messaging Client Protocol (XMCP), also referred to as the External Client protocol, of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed XMCP packe
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CVE-2026-20263P3HIGHCVSS 8.6v16.6.2v16.6.3+265 more2026-08-05
CVE-2026-20263 [HIGH] CWE-388 CVE-2026-20263: A vulnerability in the Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (BEEP) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software c
A vulnerability in the Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (BEEP) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to improper handling when parsing a specific BEEP SOAP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by
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CVE-2020-3400P3HIGHCVSS 8.8v16.2.2v16.3.1+13 more2020-09-24
CVE-2020-3400 [HIGH] CWE-862 CVE-2020-3400: A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote
A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to utilize parts of the web UI for which they are not authorized.The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization of web UI access requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web UI. A succ
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CVE-2021-1433P3HIGHCVSS 8.1v3.15.1xbsv3.15.2xbs+21 more2021-03-24
CVE-2021-1433 [HIGH] CWE-119 CVE-2021-1433: A vulnerability in the vDaemon process in Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an unauthenticate
A vulnerability in the vDaemon process in Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient bounds checking when the device processes traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted traffic to the device. The at
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CVE-2026-20084P3HIGHCVSS 8.6v16.6.1v16.6.2+105 more2026-03-25
CVE-2026-20084 [HIGH] CWE-400 CVE-2026-20084: A vulnerability in the DHCP snooping feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated
A vulnerability in the DHCP snooping feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause BOOTP packets to be forwarded between VLANs, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
This vulnerability is due to improper handling of BOOTP packets on Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Switches. An attacker could exploit t
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CVE-2026-20012P3HIGHCVSS 8.6v3.5.0ev3.5.1e+376 more2026-03-25
CVE-2026-20012 [HIGH] CWE-401 CVE-2026-20012: A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) feature of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco
A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) feature of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a memory leak, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) co
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CVE-2019-1862P3HIGHCVSS 7.2v16.3.72019-05-13
CVE-2019-1862 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2019-1862: A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (Web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an aut
A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (Web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands on the underlying Linux shell of an affected device with root privileges. The vulnerability occurs because the affected software improperly sanitizes user-supplied input. An attacker who has valid administrat
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CVE-2024-20437P3HIGHCVSS 8.8v17.3.2v17.3.2a+64 more2024-09-25
CVE-2024-20437 [HIGH] CWE-352 CVE-2024-20437: A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauth
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and execute commands on the CLI of an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of an affected devi
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CVE-2020-3211P3HIGHCVSS 7.2v16.10.1v16.10.1a+14 more2020-06-03
CVE-2020-3211 [HIGH] CWE-77 CVE-2020-3211: A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker
A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input sanitization. An attacker who has valid administrative access to an affected device could exploit this
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CVE-2020-3217P3HIGHCVSS 8.8v3.7.0ev3.7.1e+162 more2020-06-03
CVE-2020-3217 [HIGH] CWE-20 CVE-2020-3217: A vulnerability in the Topology Discovery Service of Cisco One Platform Kit (onePK) in Cisco IOS Sof
A vulnerability in the Topology Discovery Service of Cisco One Platform Kit (onePK) in Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, Cisco IOS XR Software, and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insuff
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