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CVE-2017-6663

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-03-03 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2017-08-07

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Description

A vulnerability in the Autonomic Networking feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause autonomic nodes of an affected system to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. More Information: CSCvd88936. Known Affected Releases: Denali-16.2.1 Denali-16.3.1.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2017-08-0706:29CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-03-03Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2022-03-03Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2022-03-03Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-02-1022:09SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-6663?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Cisco ios
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.2= 15.2\(3\)eno fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3\)e1no fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3\)e2no fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3\)e3no fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3\)e4no fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3\)e5no fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3a\)eno fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3a\)e1no fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3m\)e2no fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3m\)e3no fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3m\)e6no fix published
15.2= 15.2\(3m\)e8no fix published
Cisco ios xe
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.7= 3.7.0eno fix published
3.7= 3.7.1eno fix published
3.7= 3.7.3eno fix published
3.8= 3.8.0eno fix published
3.8= 3.8.0exno fix published
3.8= 3.8.1eno fix published
3.8= 3.8.2eno fix published
3.8= 3.8.3eno fix published
3.9= 3.9.0eno fix published
3.9= 3.9.1eno fix published
3.10= 3.10.4sno fix published
3.10= 3.10.8asno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-03-24

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-03-03
Patch Due Date
2022-03-24
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2017-08-07
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6663?

A vulnerability in the Autonomic Networking feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause autonomic nodes of an affected system to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. More Information: CSCvd88936. Known Affected Releases: Denali-16.2.1 Denali-16.3.1.

Is CVE-2017-6663 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2017-6663 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-03-24.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-6663?

CVE-2017-6663 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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