March 3, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2017-6744 — Cisco IOS software
Cisco IOS Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-03- Federal due date
2022-03-24- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- IOS software
- EPSS
- 92.0th percentile (score 0.076, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6744
CISA short description
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS 1 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. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a crafted SNMP packet to an affected system via IPv4 or IPv6.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.