CVE-2021-1619
A vulnerability in the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) function of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass NETCONF or RESTCONF authentication and do either of the following: Install, manipulate, or delete the configuration of an affected device Cause memory corruption that results in a denial of service (DoS) on an affected device This vulnerability is due to an uninitialized variable. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of NETCONF or RESTCONF requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to use NETCONF or RESTCONF to install, manipulate, or delete the configuration of a network device or to corrupt memory on the device, resulting a DoS.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-824
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2021-7086)
- Published
- September 23, 2021
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2021-7086 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on November 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Cisco cEdge Routers running IOS XE 17.12 with SD-WAN 20.12 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria 654-LSS - active
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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