CVE-2020-3426

Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Industrial Routers Virtual-LPWA Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 24, 2020 at 06:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:18 AM UTC
6 products affected across 1 vendorIOS829 Industrial Integrated Services Router1120 Connected Grid Router

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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of the Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software for Cisco 800 Series Industrial Integrated Services Routers (Industrial ISRs) and Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR1000) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized read access to sensitive data or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input and validation checking mechanisms for virtual-LPWA (VLPWA) protocol modem messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying crafted packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized read access to sensitive data or cause the VLPWA interface of the affected device to shut down, resulting in DoS condition.

Affected

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

All versions
cisco-1120-connected-grid-router (environment) · cisco-1240-connected-grid-router (environment) · cisco-807-industrial-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-809-industrial-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-829-industrial-integrated-services-router (environment)

Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-20

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