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CVE-2020-3174

Cisco NX-OS Software Anycast Gateway Invalid ARP Vulnerability

4.7 Medium

A vulnerability in the anycast gateway feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a device to learn invalid Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries. The ARP entries are for nonlocal IP addresses for the subnet. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of a received gratuitous ARP (GARP) request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious GARP packet on the local subnet to cause the ARP table on the device to become corrupted. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to populate the ARP table with incorrect entries, which could lead to traffic disruptions.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.29%Down 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used4.7

Cisco NX-OS Software Anycast Gateway Invalid ARP Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the anycast gateway feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a device to learn invalid Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries. The ARP entries are for nonlocal IP addresses for the subnet. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of a received gratuitous ARP (GARP) request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious GARP packet on the local subnet to cause the ARP table on the device to become corrupted. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to populate the ARP table with incorrect entries, which could lead to traffic disruptions.

Record
CVE-2020-3174
CVSS 3.0
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-345
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-244454.7

A vulnerability in the anycast gateway feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a device to learn invalid Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries. The ARP entries are for nonlocal IP addresses for the subnet. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of a received gratuitous ARP (GARP) request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious GARP packet on the local subnet to cause the ARP table on the device to become corrupted. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to populate the ARP table with incorrect entries, which could lead to traffic disruptions.

Record
EUVD-2020-24445
CVSS 3.0
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-44pg-r8gr-j75xNo score

A vulnerability in the anycast gateway feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an...

A vulnerability in the anycast gateway feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a device to learn invalid Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries. The ARP entries are for nonlocal IP addresses for the subnet. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of a received gratuitous ARP (GARP) request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious GARP packet on the local subnet to cause the ARP table on the device to become corrupted. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to populate the ARP table with incorrect entries, which could lead to traffic disruptions.

Record
GHSA-44pg-r8gr-j75x
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD4.7

A vulnerability in the anycast gateway feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a device to learn invalid Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries. The ARP entries are for nonlocal IP addresses for the subnet. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of a received gratuitous ARP (GARP) request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious GARP packet on the local subnet to cause the ARP table on the device to become corrupted. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to populate the ARP table with incorrect entries, which could lead to traffic disruptions.

Record
CVE-2020-3174
CVSS 3.1
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.0
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
3.3 LowAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-345
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
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In short

CVE-2020-3174 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Cisco Nx-os, published February 26, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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