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CVE-2018-0131

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0131 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software, specifically within their Internet Key Exchange Version 1 (IKEv1) implementation when using RSA-encrypted nonces. The flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to obtain encrypted nonces due to incorrect handling of decryption failures. Exploitation requires high attack complexity, but successful execution could lead to the disclosure of sensitive cryptographic material. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive status on the CISA KEV list.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
15.5\(3\)sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.5\(3\)s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.5\(3\)sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:15.5\(3\)s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 53rd 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

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

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180813-rsa-nonce
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105074
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041539
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry