CVE-2026-20173
CVE-2026-20173: 2 tracked advisory records across Cisco. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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2 advisories- Advisory severityMedium5.8
Medium [CVE-2026-20173] Cisco NX-OS Software Control Plane Denial of Service Vulnerability
cisco-sa-nxos-nscpdos-SnderkC7Source published Source updated
A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust system resources, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability exists because rate limiting was improperly applied to some protocols. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of UDP or TCP connections to a data plane interface on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause instability to various routing and control plane protocols through some packet loss and temporary disruptions, causing a DoS condition. This DoS condition will clear without manual intervention soon after the high rate of traffic is stopped. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address…
- Affected products in this advisory
- NX-OS Software
- Nexus 7000 Series Switches
- Nexus 3000 Series Switches
- Nexus 9000 Series Switches
- Source-reported affected versions
- Scope: At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected the following Cisco products if they were running a vulnerable release of Cisco NX-OS Software, regardless of device configuration:
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
- Workarounds
- There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
- Advisory severityUnrated
Advisory [CVE-2026-20032 +13] Cisco Advance Notification for Publication of October 7, 2026, Security Advisories
cisco-sa-notice-fBn58ELxSource published Source updated
This bulletin covers 14 CVEs. The products, versions, score and guidance below describe the bulletin; check its source for applicability to this specific CVE.
On October 7, 2026, the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) published the advisories that are listed in the following tables. To remediate the vulnerabilities that were disclosed on October 7, 2026, Cisco strongly recommends that customers upgrade to the fixed software that is indicated in the advisories. For more information about changes in Cisco PSIRT vulnerability disclosure, see Strengthening the Foundation: A Predictable, Customer-Focused Response to AI-Accelerated Vulnerability Discovery. Cisco Security Advisory CVE ID Security Impact Rating CVSS Base Score Cisco NX-OS Software Security Hardening Release: October 2026 Critical 9.8 Cisco Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series Switches MPLS OAM Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Cisco NX-OS Software NX-API Remote Code…
- Affected products in this advisory
- No product details extracted. Check the source bulletin.
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- To remediate the vulnerabilities that were disclosed on October 7, 2026, Cisco strongly recommends that customers upgrade to the fixed software that is indicated in the advisories.
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