Technologyglobal✓ verified · 95%
Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String Vulnerability
- When
- · day precision
- Where
- Global (internet)
- Category
- cyber_exploit
Cisco IOS XR improperly validates string input from certain fields in Cisco Discovery Protocol messages. Exploitation could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute code with administrative privileges or cause a reload on an affected device.
Sources
- CISA ↗ · first seen 2021-11-03 00:00 UTC
Defaxon links out to the original reporting and never republishes article text.
Correlated events
Computed by the Defaxon correlation engine — linked by shared actors, co-location, and temporal proximity. Scored hypotheses, never causal claims.
No correlated events found in the current window. As more events arrive, connections form automatically.