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CVE-2010-4685

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4685 describes a vulnerability in Cisco IOS versions prior to 15.0(1)XA1 where the public key cache is not properly cleared after a certificate map change. This allows remote authenticated users to bypass certificate bans by reusing previously valid, but now banned, certificates. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity with a network attack vector, low access complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.0\(1\)xa1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0077 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/64586
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cisco.com / en/US/docs/ios/15_0/15_0x/15_01_XA/rn800xa.pdf
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/45769
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry