CVE-2022-20823
Cisco NX-OS Software OSPFv3 Denial of Service Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the OSPF version 3 (OSPFv3) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of specific OSPFv3 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious OSPFv3 link-state advertisement (LSA) to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the OSPFv3 process to crash and restart multiple times, causing the affected device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition. Note: The OSPFv3 feature is disabled by default. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to establish a full OSPFv3 neighbor state with an affected device. For more information about exploitation conditions, see the Details section of this advisory.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.6
Cisco NX-OS Software OSPFv3 Denial of Service Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the OSPF version 3 (OSPFv3) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of specific OSPFv3 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious OSPFv3 link-state advertisement (LSA) to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the OSPFv3 process to crash and restart multiple times, causing the affected device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition. Note: The OSPFv3 feature is disabled by default. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to establish a full OSPFv3 neighbor state with an affected device. For more information about exploitation conditions, see the Details section of this advisory.
- Record
CVE-2022-20823- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-126
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-26073
8.6
A vulnerability in the OSPF version 3 (OSPFv3) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of specific OSPFv3 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious OSPFv3 link-state advertisement (LSA) to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the OSPFv3 process to crash and restart multiple times, causing the affected device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition. Note: The OSPFv3 feature is disabled by default. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to establish a full OSPFv3 neighbor state with an affected device. For more information about exploitation conditions, see the Details section of this advisory.
- Record
EUVD-2022-26073- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g29q-52vq-fhwp
8.6
A vulnerability in the OSPF version 3 (OSPFv3) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an...
A vulnerability in the OSPF version 3 (OSPFv3) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of specific OSPFv3 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious OSPFv3 link-state advertisement (LSA) to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the OSPFv3 process to crash and restart multiple times, causing the affected device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition. Note: The OSPFv3 feature is disabled by default. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to establish a full OSPFv3 neighbor state with an affected device. For more information about exploitation conditions, see the Details section of this advisory.
- Record
GHSA-g29q-52vq-fhwp- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.6
A vulnerability in the OSPF version 3 (OSPFv3) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of specific OSPFv3 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious OSPFv3 link-state advertisement (LSA) to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the OSPFv3 process to crash and restart multiple times, causing the affected device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition. Note: The OSPFv3 feature is disabled by default. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to establish a full OSPFv3 neighbor state with an affected device. For more information about exploitation conditions, see the Details section of this advisory.
- Record
CVE-2022-20823- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-126, CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- cisco nx-os software
- cisco nexus 3016 firmware
- cisco nexus 3016q firmware
- cisco nexus 3048 firmware
- cisco nexus 3064-32t firmware
- cisco nexus 3064-t firmware
- cisco nexus 3064-x firmware
- cisco nexus 3064 firmware
- cisco nexus 3064t firmware
- cisco nexus 3064x firmware
- cisco nexus 3100-v firmware
- cisco nexus 3100-z firmware
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- cisco nexus 3100 firmware
- cisco nexus 3100v firmware
- cisco nexus 31108pc-v firmware
- cisco nexus 31108pv-v firmware
- cisco nexus 31108tc-v firmware
- cisco nexus 31128pq firmware
- cisco nexus 3132c-z firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q-v firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q-x\/3132q-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q-x firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q firmware
- cisco nexus 3164q firmware
- cisco nexus 3172 firmware
- cisco nexus 3172pq-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3172pq\/pq-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3172pq firmware
- cisco nexus 3172tq-32t firmware
- cisco nexus 3172tq-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3172tq firmware
- cisco nexus 3200 firmware
- cisco nexus 3232c firmware
- cisco nexus 3232c firmware
- cisco nexus 3264c-e firmware
- cisco nexus 3264q firmware
- cisco nexus 3400 firmware
- cisco nexus 3408-s firmware
- cisco nexus 34180yc firmware
- cisco nexus 34200yc-sm firmware
- cisco nexus 3432d-s firmware
- cisco nexus 3464c firmware
- cisco nexus 3500 firmware
- cisco nexus 3500 platform firmware
- cisco nexus 3524-x\/xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3524-x firmware
- cisco nexus 3524-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3524 firmware
- cisco nexus 3548-x\/xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3548-x firmware
- cisco nexus 3548-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3548 firmware
- cisco nexus 3600 firmware
- cisco nexus 36180yc-r firmware
- cisco nexus 3636c-r firmware
- cisco nexus 5500 firmware
- cisco nexus 5548p firmware
- cisco nexus 5548up firmware
- cisco nexus 5596t firmware
- cisco nexus 5596up firmware
- cisco nexus 5600 firmware
- cisco nexus 56128p firmware
- cisco nexus 5624q firmware
- cisco nexus 5648q firmware
- cisco nexus 5672up-16g firmware
- cisco nexus 5672up firmware
- cisco nexus 5696q firmware
- cisco nexus 6000 firmware
- cisco nexus 6001 firmware
- cisco nexus 6001p firmware
- cisco nexus 6001t firmware
- cisco nexus 6004 firmware
- cisco nexus 6004x firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 10-slot firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 18-slot firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 4-slot firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 9-slot firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 supervisor 1 firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 supervisor 2 firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 supervisor 2e firmware
- cisco nexus 7004 firmware
- cisco nexus 7009 firmware
- cisco nexus 7010 firmware
- cisco nexus 7018 firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 10-slot firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 18-slot firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 2-slot firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 6-slot firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 supervisor 2e firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 supervisor 3e firmware
- cisco nexus 7702 firmware
- cisco nexus 7706 firmware
- cisco nexus 7710 firmware
- cisco nexus 7718 firmware
- cisco nexus 9000 firmware
- cisco nexus 9000v firmware
- cisco nexus 9200 firmware
- cisco nexus 92160yc-x firmware
- cisco nexus 9221c firmware
- cisco nexus 92300yc firmware
- cisco nexus 92304qc firmware
- cisco nexus 92348gc-x firmware
- cisco nexus 9236c firmware
- cisco nexus 9272q firmware
- cisco nexus 9300 firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-ex-24 firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-ex firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-fx-24 firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-fx3p firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-fx firmware
- cisco nexus 93120tx firmware
- cisco nexus 93128 firmware
- cisco nexus 93128tx firmware
- cisco nexus 9316d-gx firmware
- cisco nexus 93180lc-ex firmware
- cisco nexus 93180tc-ex firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-ex-24 firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-ex firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-fx-24 firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-fx3 firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-fx3s firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-fx firmware
- cisco nexus 93216tc-fx2 firmware
- cisco nexus 93240yc-fx2 firmware
- cisco nexus 9332c firmware
- cisco nexus 9332pq firmware
- cisco nexus 93360yc-fx2 firmware
- cisco nexus 9336c-fx2-e firmware
- cisco nexus 9336c-fx2 firmware
- cisco nexus 9336pq firmware
- cisco nexus 9348gc-fxp firmware
- cisco nexus 93600cd-gx firmware
- cisco nexus 9364c-gx firmware
- cisco nexus 9364c firmware
- cisco nexus 9372px-e firmware
- cisco nexus 9372px firmware
- cisco nexus 9372tx-e firmware
- cisco nexus 9372tx firmware
- cisco nexus 9396px firmware
- cisco nexus 9396tx firmware
- cisco nexus 9500 firmware
- cisco nexus 9500r firmware
- cisco nexus 9504 firmware
- cisco nexus 9508 firmware
- cisco nexus 9516 firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-20823 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Cisco Nx-os Software, published August 25, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.