CVE-2026-20212

Summary

A vulnerability in the Silicon One integration for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges.

This vulnerability exists because TCP ports 43210 and 43211 are accessible in the default Layer 3 (L3) virtual routing and forwarding (VRF). A successful exploit could allow the attacker to connect to an affected device and send crafted input that could be executed as code with root privileges. The exploitation of this vulnerability could also cause the S1HAL process to crash, which could cause the device to reload.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(1)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(2)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(3)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.4(1)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(99w)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(3w)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(99x)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(3o)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(4)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(3p)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(4a)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.4(2)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(3q)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(5)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.4(3)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(3x)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(4g)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(1)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(3r)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(6)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.4(4)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(4h)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(2)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(7)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.4(5)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(3)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.4(4g)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(4)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.6(1)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(3t)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(8)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.4(6)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(3s)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(3e)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(3o)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.6(1s)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.6(2)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(3p)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.3(9)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.6(2s)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.6(3)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.4(7)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.5(5)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.6(2n)affected
CiscoCisco NX-OS Software10.6(3s)affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1327: Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: total

References