CVE-2021-1266 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-1266: Cisco Managed Services Accelerator Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Managed Services Accelerator
Weakness CWE-400
Published February 4, 2021
Last update November 8, 2024

CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (MSX) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to the way that the affected software logs certain API requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a flood of crafted API requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 4, 2021 CVE published
November 8, 2024 Record updated