Is CVE-2024-20480 being actively exploited?

CVE-2024-20480 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-20480?

CVE-2024-20480 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

CVE-2024-20480

HIGH · CVSS 8.6EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

A vulnerability in the DHCP Snooping feature of Cisco IOS XE Software on Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) fabric edge nodes could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition that requires a manual reload to recover. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of IPv4 DHCP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain IPv4 DHCP packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to exhaust CPU resources and stop processing traffic, resulting in a DoS condition that requires a manual reload to recover.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.6 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-783
EPSS score: 0.6% (46th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2024-18195)
Published: September 25, 2024
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2024-18195 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 25, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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Certified products that may be affected

5 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Cisco Embedded Services 9300 and 3300 Series Switches (ESS9300 & ESS3300) running IOS-XE 17.12 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11521-2025 - active
Cisco cEdge Routers running IOS XE 17.12 with SD-WAN 20.12 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria 654-LSS - active
Cisco Catalyst Industrial Ethernet 3100 (IE3100) Rugged Series Switches running IOS-XE 17.12 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11490-2024 - archived
Cisco Catalyst Industrial Ethernet 9300 Rugged Series Switches running IOS-XE 17.12 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11466-2024 - archived
Cisco Catalyst Industrial Ethernet 3200, 3300, 3400, 3400H (IE3x00) Rugged Series Switches running IOS-XE 17.12 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11443-2024 - archived

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ios-xe-sda-edge-dos-MBcbG9k(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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