April 19, 2023 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2017-6742 — Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2023-04-19- Federal due date
2023-05-10- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- IOS and IOS XE Software
- EPSS
- 94.6th percentile (score 0.148, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6742
CISA short description
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE contains a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to remotely execute code on an affected system or cause an affected system to reload.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.