Cisco Managed Services Accelerator Denial of Service Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (MSX) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to the way that the affected software logs certain API requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a flood of crafted API requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-1266
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2xf-jvwq-327h
References
More Cisco Managed Services Accelerator vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-12014 Cisco Managed Services Accelerator Open Redirect Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2021-1266 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-1266 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q2xf-jvwq-327h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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