Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Internet Key Exchange Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Federal due date
2022-03-24
Vendor
Cisco
Product
IOS and IOS XE Software
EPSS
92.9th percentile (score 0.093, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12237

CISA short description

A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) module of Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization, traceback messages, or a reload of an affected device that leads to a denial of service.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.