Cisco security incident history
Updated . Data gathered daily from official public sources.
As of Oct 26, 2026, Vendor History found 1 state breach notice and 101 actively exploited security flaws for Cisco, dated Oct 25, 2016 to Oct 14, 2026. The most recent breach notice or SEC filing was on Oct 25, 2016. Sources checked: the California and Washington Attorney General breach lists, SEC EDGAR (Form 8-K, Item 1.05) and CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Breach notices and SEC cyber filings
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Cisco Systems, Inc. filed a data breach notice with the California Attorney General. Breach date(s) listed: 08/18/2016.
Source: California Attorney General
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Actively exploited security flaws
Flaws in Cisco products that CISA lists as exploited by attackers. If you use an affected product, check that it's updated. What a listing means.
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Cisco Secure Email Gateway Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2026-76519). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Hex Encoding Vulnerability (CVE-2026-76504). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Vulnerability (CVE-2026-76460). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2026-76461). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20079). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Heap Inspection Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20349). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20316). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers. CISA lists it as used in ransomware campaigns.
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Cisco IOS Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability (CVE-2008-4128). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20230). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Directory or Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20262). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20245). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20182). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20122). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20128). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20133). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20131). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers. CISA lists it as used in ransomware campaigns.
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Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2022-20775). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20127). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Unified Communications Products Code Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20045). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Multiple Products Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2025-20393). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-20352). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2025-20333). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Missing Authorization Vulnerability (CVE-2025-20362). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2025-20281). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2025-20337). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability (CVE-2024-20439). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20118). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2014-2120). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco ASA and FTD Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2024-20481). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco NX-OS Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2024-20399). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco ASA and FTD Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2024-20353). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco ASA and FTD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2024-20359). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco ASA and FTD Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3259). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers. CISA lists it as used in ransomware campaigns.
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Cisco IOS XE Web UI Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20273). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS XE Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20198). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Group Encrypted Transport VPN Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20109). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Unauthorized Access Vulnerability (CVE-2023-20269). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers. CISA lists it as used in ransomware campaigns.
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Cisco IOS Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2004-1464). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE IKEv1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6415). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6742). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3153). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers. CISA lists it as used in ransomware campaigns.
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows DLL Hijacking Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3433). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers. CISA lists it as used in ransomware campaigns.
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Cisco RV Series Routers Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability (CVE-2019-15271). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SNMP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6366). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CLI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6367). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS XR Open Port Vulnerability (CVE-2022-20821). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2009-2055). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2010-3035). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Directory Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2015-0666). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-3881). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco VPN Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0125). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0147). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software Network Address Translation Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12231). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Integrated Services Routers Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12232). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software Common Industrial Protocol Request Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12233). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software Common Industrial Protocol Request Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12234). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches PROFINET Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12235). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Internet Key Exchange Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12237). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches VPLS Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12238). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12240). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS XE Software Ethernet Virtual Private Network Border Gateway Protocol Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12319). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software UDP Packet Processing Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6627). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6663). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6736). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6737). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6738). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6739). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6740). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6743). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6744). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Quality of Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0151). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software Integrated Services Module for VPN Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0154). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Catalyst Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0155). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Smart Install Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0156). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and XE Software Internet Key Exchange Memory Leak Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0158). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and XE Software Internet Key Exchange Version 1 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0159). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software Resource Management Errors Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0161). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0167). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0172). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0173). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0174). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0175). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0179). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS Software Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0180). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Small Business Routers Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1652). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2022-20699). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2022-20700). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2022-20701). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2022-20703). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2022-20708). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Smart Install Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0171). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0296). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1653). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3118). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IP Phones Web Server Remote Code Execution and Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3161). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco ASA and FTD Read-Only Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3452). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3566). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3569). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco ASA and FTD Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3580). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers. CISA lists it as used in ransomware campaigns.
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Cisco HyperFlex HX Installer Virtual Machine Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2021-1497). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
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Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2021-1498). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.
We check: California and Washington Attorney General breach notices, SEC cyber incident filings (Form 8-K, Item 1.05) and CISA's catalog of actively exploited security flaws. An empty section means we found nothing in those sources. It does not mean nothing happened. How it works
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