CVE-2026-20084

Published: Mar 25, 2026 Last Modified: Mar 25, 2026
ExploitDB:
Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
HIGH 8,6
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high

Description

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A vulnerability in the DHCP snooping feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause BOOTP packets to be forwarded between VLANs, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

This vulnerability is due to improper handling of BOOTP packets on Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Switches. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending BOOTP request packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to forward BOOTP packets from one VLAN to another, resulting in BOOTP VLAN leakage and potentially leading to high CPU utilization. This makes the device unreachable (either through console or remote management) and unable to forward traffic, resulting in a DoS condition.

Note: This vulnerability can be exploited with either unicast or broadcast BOOTP packets.

There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Draft
Abstraction: Class Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability Access Control Other
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu) Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory) Dos: Resource Consumption (Other) Bypass Protection Mechanism Other
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
Likelihood of Exploit: High
View CWE Details
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/Cis…
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/c…