Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Enhanced Charging Service Rule Bypass Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A vulnerability in the Enhanced Charging Service (ECS) functionality of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the traffic classification rules on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user traffic going through an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the traffic classification rules and potentially avoid being charged for traffic consumption.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco ASR 5000 Series Software | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco ASR 5000 Series Software VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:cisco:staros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 21.18.0 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_5500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_5700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:staros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 21.18.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_5000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_5500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_5700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-3244
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mp76-mqjp-pxx7
References
More Cisco Staros vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-23504 Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerable to Pre-Authentication RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-01491 Cisco StarOS Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2018-00328 Improper input validation in Cisco StarOS unknown CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2021-01080 Cisco StarOS IPv4 Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2018-00201 Improper input validation in Cisco StarOS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-01105 Cisco StarOS Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-3244 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-3244 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mp76-mqjp-pxx7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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