CVE-2023-20109 — Cisco IOS and IOS XE Group Encrypted Transport VPN Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

CVE-2023-20109 (Cisco IOS and IOS XE) is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 2023-10-10. Cisco IOS and IOS XE contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GET… See the required fix, due date and advisories.

Exploitation status

CVE-2023-20109 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2023-10-10. Cisco IOS and IOS XE contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GET VPN) feature that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker who has administrative control of either a group member or a key server to execute malicious code or cause a device to crash.

Advisory facts

Vendor or project
Cisco
Affected product
IOS and IOS XE
Added to CISA KEV
2023-10-10
US federal remediation due date
2023-10-31
Ransomware association
Unknown
EPSS score
—
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-787

Remediation: the required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Wording published by CISA for this catalog entry. It is the baseline action, not a decision about your environment: whether this exposure matters for you depends on where the affected component runs, what it is exposed to and who owns it.

From advisory to a decision you can defend

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Sourced from public upstream advisories (CISA KEV, ENISA EUVD, vendor PSIRTs) mirrored daily. Informational only — not a remediation decision, not legal advice, and the absence of a record is not evidence of safety.