A memory leak vulnerability exists in Cisco IOS before 15.2(1)T due to a memory leak in…
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-772Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-772.
Summary
A memory leak vulnerability exists in Cisco IOS before 15.2(1)T due to a memory leak in the HTTP PROXY Server process (aka CSCtu52820), when configured with Cisco ISR Web Security with Cisco ScanSafe and User Authenticaiton NTLM configured.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01014 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed IOS (Cisco): 15.2(1)T
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA IOS (Cisco) Fixed in 15.2(1)T
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-4661
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-97hh-xg4h-8gvc
References
More Cisco Ios vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-00138 Improper input validation in Cisco IOS and IOS XE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-09019 Improper input validation in Cisco IOS and IOS XE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-02977 Improper input validation in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-00135 Memory corruption in Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-04499 Memory corruption in Cisco IOS KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-04498 Memory corruption in Cisco IOS KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2011-4661 · CVE Program
- CVE-2011-4661 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-97hh-xg4h-8gvc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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