{"id":"CVE-2019-15989","aliases":["EUVD-2019-6883","GHSA-gmrf-44g4-wc8m"],"status":"published","title":"Cisco IOS XR Software Border Gateway Protocol Attribute Denial of Service Vulnerability","description":"A vulnerability in the implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) functionality in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of a BGP update message that contains a specific BGP attribute. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending BGP update messages that include a specific, malformed attribute to be processed by an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the BGP process to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. The Cisco implementation of BGP accepts incoming BGP traffic only from explicitly defined peers. To exploit this vulnerability, the malicious BGP update message would need to come from a configured, valid BGP peer or would need to be injected by the attacker into the victim\u0026rsquo;s BGP network on an existing, valid TCP connection to a BGP peer.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01312,"percentile":0.70891,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-754"],"published":"2020-01-26T04:30:38Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:21:29Z","products":[{"vendor":"cisco","product":"cisco ios xr software"},{"vendor":"cisco","product":"ios_xr"}],"references":[{"url":"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200122-ios-xr-bgp-dos","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_CISCO","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15989"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmrf-44g4-wc8m"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2019-15989","title":"Cisco IOS XR Software Border Gateway Protocol Attribute Denial of Service Vulnerability","description":"A vulnerability in the implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) functionality in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of a BGP update message that contains a specific BGP attribute. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending BGP update messages that include a specific, malformed attribute to be processed by an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the BGP process to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. The Cisco implementation of BGP accepts incoming BGP traffic only from explicitly defined peers. To exploit this vulnerability, the malicious BGP update message would need to come from a configured, valid BGP peer or would need to be injected by the attacker into the victim\u0026rsquo;s BGP network on an existing, valid TCP connection to a BGP peer.","status":"published","published":"2020-01-26T04:30:38.252Z","modified":"2024-11-15T17:46:50.977Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-754"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:21.703364Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2019-6883","description":"A vulnerability in the implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) functionality in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of a BGP update message that contains a specific BGP attribute. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending BGP update messages that include a specific, malformed attribute to be processed by an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the BGP process to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. The Cisco implementation of BGP accepts incoming BGP traffic only from explicitly defined peers. To exploit this vulnerability, the malicious BGP update message would need to come from a configured, valid BGP peer or would need to be injected by the attacker into the victim\u0026rsquo;s BGP network on an existing, valid TCP connection to a BGP peer.","status":"published","published":"2020-01-26T04:30:38Z","modified":"2024-11-15T17:46:50Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:58.20762Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-gmrf-44g4-wc8m","title":"A vulnerability in the implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) functionality in Cisco...","description":"A vulnerability in the implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) functionality in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of a BGP update message that contains a specific BGP attribute. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending BGP update messages that include a specific, malformed attribute to be processed by an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the BGP process to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. The Cisco implementation of BGP accepts incoming BGP traffic only from explicitly defined peers. To exploit this vulnerability, the malicious BGP update message would need to come from a configured, valid BGP peer or would need to be injected by the attacker into the victim\u0026rsquo;s BGP network on an existing, valid TCP connection to a BGP peer.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:07:20Z","modified":"2023-01-29T05:01:14Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:44:45.930691Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2019-15989","description":"A vulnerability in the implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) functionality in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of a BGP update message that contains a specific BGP attribute. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending BGP update messages that include a specific, malformed attribute to be processed by an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the BGP process to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. The Cisco implementation of BGP accepts incoming BGP traffic only from explicitly defined peers. To exploit this vulnerability, the malicious BGP update message would need to come from a configured, valid BGP peer or would need to be injected by the attacker into the victim\u0026rsquo;s BGP network on an existing, valid TCP connection to a BGP peer.","status":"published","published":"2020-01-26T05:15:13.567Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:21:29.373Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.0","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-754"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:05:43.875329Z"}]}}