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CVE-2023-20185

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20185 is a critical vulnerability in the Cisco ACI Multi-Site CloudSec encryption feature of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode. This flaw, stemming from an issue with the ciphers used, allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker with an on-path position to read or modify intersite encrypted traffic. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.4 due to its network attack vector, high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no user interaction required. While Cisco has not released a patch, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available; however, it has garnered significant community discussion and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
14.0\(1h\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:14.0\(1h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.0\(2c\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:14.0\(2c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.0\(3c\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:14.0\(3c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.0\(3d\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:14.0\(3d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.1\(1i\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:14.1\(1i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 5th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-aci-cloudsec-enc-Vs5Wn2sX
Vendor Advisory