CVE-2026-20083
A vulnerability in the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) server feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of a malformed SCP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a crafted command through SSH. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 6.5
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.09%
- CWE
- CWE-235
- Published
- 2026-03-25
- Last modified
- 2026-03-27
Affected products
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
Weakness type
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