CVE-2026-20301
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 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed XMCP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. The attacker does not need the XMCP client username to exploit this vulnerability.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 8.6
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.33%
- CWE
- CWE-606
- Published
- 2026-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-08-05
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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