CVE-2026-20074

Cisco IOS XR Software Multi-Instance Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
High 7.4
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
5.6th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Vendor-published field
Published
Mar 11, 2026
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) multi-instance routing feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause the IS-IS process to restart unexpectedly. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of ingress IS-IS packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted IS-IS packets to an affected device after forming an adjacency. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the IS-IS process to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a temporary loss of connectivity to advertised networks and a denial of service (DoS) condition. Note: The IS-IS protocol is a routing protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be Layer 2-adjacent to the affected device and must have formed an adjacency.  

Weakness: CWE-1287

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (1)
  • Cisco · Cisco IOS XR Software

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