CVE-2020-3217

Cisco IOS, IOS XE, IOS XR, and NX-OS Software One Platform Kit Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 3, 2020 at 05:41 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:17 AM UTC
20 products affected across 1 vendorIOSIOS XeNx OS

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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 insufficient length restrictions when the onePK Topology Discovery Service parses Cisco Discovery Protocol messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol message to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges, or to cause a process crash, which could result in a reload of the device and cause a DoS condition.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

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cisco-nexus-3016 (environment) · cisco-nexus-3016q (environment) · cisco-nexus-3048 (environment) · cisco-nexus-3064 (environment) · cisco-nexus-3064t (environment) · cisco-nexus-3064x (environment) · cisco-nexus-5000 (environment) · cisco-nexus-5010 (environment) · cisco-nexus-5020 (environment) · cisco-nexus-6001 (environment) · cisco-nexus-6004 (environment) · cisco-nexus-6004x (environment) · cisco-nexus-7000-10-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7000-18-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7000-4-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7000-9-slot (environment)
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Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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