CVE-2020-3220

Cisco IOS XE Software IPsec VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 3, 2020 at 05:41 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIOS Xe

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Severity
MEDIUM6.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the hardware crypto driver of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco 4300 Series Integrated Services Routers and Cisco Catalyst 9800-L Wireless Controllers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to disconnect legitimate IPsec VPN sessions to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient verification of authenticity of received Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tampering with ESP cleartext values as a man-in-the-middle.

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-345

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