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Cisco IOS Software and IOS XE Software Extensible Messaging Client Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability

medcisco_psirtPublished 2026-08-05

<p>A vulnerability in the Extensible Messaging Client Protocol (XMCP), also referred to as the External Client protocol, of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.</p> <p>This vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed XMCP packets. An attacker could exploit this vul

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Original source: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ios-xmcp-thbAr34t?vs_f=Cisco%20Security%20Advisory%26vs_cat=Security%20Intelligence%26vs_type=RSS%26vs_p=Cisco%20IOS%20Software%20and%20IOS%20XE%20Software%20Extensible%20Messaging%20Client%20Protocol%20Denial%20of%20Service%20Vulnerability%26vs_k=1