What is CVE-2021-1266?

CVE-2021-1266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-1266?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator

CVE-2021-1266

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Cisco Managed Services Accelerator — versions n/a
Cisco Managed_services_accelerator

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1266?: CVE-2021-1266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-1266?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.