Cisco IOS XE Software Ethernet Virtual Private Network Border Gateway Protocol Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Federal due date
2022-03-24
Vendor
Cisco
Product
IOS XE Software
EPSS
79.8th percentile (score 0.013, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12319

CISA short description

A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) over an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) for Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition, or potentially corrupt the BGP routing table, which could result in network instability.

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.