CVE-2021-1620

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software IKEv2 AutoReconnect Feature Denial of Service Vulnerability

HIGH
7.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 23, 2021 at 02:31 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:32 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorIOSIOS Xe

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Severity
HIGH7.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) support for the AutoReconnect feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to exhaust the free IP addresses from the assigned local pool. This vulnerability occurs because the code does not release the allocated IP address under certain failure conditions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by trying to connect to the device with a non-AnyConnect client. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust the IP addresses from the assigned local pool, which prevents users from logging in and leads to a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Affected

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

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Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

7.7HIGHcisco
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-563CWE-772

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