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CVE-2012-4098
The BGP implementation in Cisco NX-OS does not properly filter AS paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (BGP…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- cisco
Description
The BGP implementation in Cisco NX-OS does not properly filter AS paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (BGP service reset and resync) via a malformed UPDATE message, aka Bug ID CSCtn13055.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- cisco-nxos-cve20124098-dos(87675) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 98129 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20131004 Cisco NX-OS Software BGP Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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