Cisco Industrial Network Director Denial of Service Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A vulnerability in the management REST API of Cisco Industrial Network Director (IND) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the CPU utilization to increase to 100 percent, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of requests sent to the REST API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the REST API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a permanent DoS condition that is due to high CPU utilization. Manual intervention may be required to recover the Cisco IND.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 Industrial Network Director | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Industrial Network Director VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:industrial_network_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.9.0 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_level_service:1.8\(0.142\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.8(0.142) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_level_service:1.9\(0.63\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.9(0.63) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:industrial_network_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.9.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_level_service:1.8\(0.142\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8(0.142) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_level_service:1.9\(0.63\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9(0.63) Vulnerable ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-3567
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5vp7-f4x6-7r58
References
More Cisco Industrial Network Director vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-06745 Cisco Industrial Network Director Command Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2019-01596 Cisco Industrial Network Director Configuration Data Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-01503 Cisco Industrial Network Director Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-01483 Cisco Industrial Network Director Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-06747 Hard-coded credentials in Cisco Industrial Network Director CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-12013 Cisco Industrial Network Director Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2020-3567 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-3567 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5vp7-f4x6-7r58 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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