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CVE-2023-20187

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20187 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS XE Software on Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, specifically within the Multicast Leaf Recycle Elimination (mLRE) feature. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted IPv6 multicast packets that are fanned out more than seven times, causing the device to reload. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.7.1sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.7.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7.2sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.7.2s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7.2tsCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.7.2ts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7.3sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.7.3s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7.4sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.7.4s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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)

ciscoworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-mlre-H93FswRz
MitigationVendor Advisory