CVE-2023-20185

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco ACI Multi-Site CloudSec encryption feature of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read or modify intersite encrypted traffic. This vulnerability is due to an issue with the implementation of the ciphers that are used by the CloudSec encryption feature on affected switches. An attacker with an on-path position between the ACI sites could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting intersite encrypted traffic and using cryptanalytic techniques to break the encryption. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or modify the traffic that is transmitted between the sites. Cisco has not released and will not release software updates that address this vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 12, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-20185: High severity, CVSS 7.4 | Vulnix