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CVE-2020-3118

Critical 🇺🇸 CISA KEV ⚡ Exploit Available
Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String Vulnerability — Cisco IOS XR improperly validates string input from certain fields in Cisco Discovery Protocol messages. Exploitation could allow
Published: Nov 3, 2021  ·  Source: CISA_KEV
CVSS v3
9.0
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String Vulnerability — 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.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

Cisco IOS XR Software contains a format string vulnerability in the Discovery Protocol that allows unauthenticated adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges or cause device reloads. This critical vulnerability affects network infrastructure devices commonly deployed in enterprise and service provider environments.

📄 Description (Arabic)

ثغرة تنسيق سلسلة نصية في بروتوكول اكتشاف Cisco تسمح بتنفيذ أكواد عشوائية عبر رسائل CDP المصنوعة بشكل خاص. يمكن للمهاجم المجاور غير المصرح الاستفادة من عدم التحقق الصحيح من المدخلات لتنفيذ أوامر بصلاحيات إدارية أو إعادة تشغيل الجهاز.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

ثغرة تنسيق سلسلة نصية حرجة في برنامج Cisco IOS XR تسمح للمهاجمين المجاورين غير المصرح لهم بتنفيذ أكواد عشوائية بصلاحيات إدارية أو إعادة تشغيل الأجهزة. تؤثر هذه الثغرة على أجهزة البنية التحتية للشبكات المستخدمة على نطاق واسع في بيئات المؤسسات.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 24, 2026 21:00
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: high
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
telecom banking government energy
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediately upgrade Cisco IOS XR to patched versions (15.2.2, 16.3.2, 16.6.2 or later depending on release train). Disable CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) if not required. Implement network segmentation to restrict CDP traffic to trusted adjacent devices only. Apply access control lists to limit protocol exposure.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بترقية Cisco IOS XR فوراً إلى الإصدارات المصححة. عطّل بروتوكول اكتشاف Cisco إذا لم يكن مطلوباً. طبّق تقسيم الشبكة لتقييد حركة CDP للأجهزة المجاورة الموثوقة فقط. طبّق قوائم التحكم في الوصول لتحديد تعرض البروتوكول.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC-2.1 ECC-2.2 ECC-3.1
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.BE-5 PR.DS-5 PR.PT-1
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.2.1 A.12.6.1 A.14.2.1
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
Cisco:IOS XR
📊 CVSS Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Critical
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Critical
CVSS Score9.0
EPSS0.29%
Exploit ✓ Yes
Patch ✓ Yes
CISA KEV🇺🇸 Yes
KEV Due Date2022-05-03
Published 2021-11-03
Source Feed cisa_kev
Views 5
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
kev actively-exploited
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