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CVE-2023-20081

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20081 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the IPv6 DHCP client module of Cisco ASA, FTD, IOS, and IOS XE Software. It stems from insufficient validation of crafted DHCPv6 messages, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to force a device reload. The attack requires the attacker to control the DHCPv6 server or be in a man-in-the-middle position, making it a high complexity attack with a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.8.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.8.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 9th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftdios-dhcpv6-cli-Zf3zTv
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