CVE-2018-0472
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-10-05
- WeaknessCWE-20
Am I affected?
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Description
A vulnerability in the IPsec driver code of multiple Cisco IOS XE Software platforms and the Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload. The vulnerability is due to improper processing of malformed IPsec Authentication Header (AH) or Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed IPsec packets to be processed by an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of the affected device.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-10-0514:29CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-0472?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-0472?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.5 | = 15.5\(3\)s5.36 | no fix published | NVD |
| 16.8 | = 16.8.1 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Rockwell Automation Stratix 5950
Allen-Bradley Stratix 5950: 1783-SAD4T0SBK9 · Allen-Bradley Stratix 5950: 1783-SAD2T2SBK9 · Allen-Bradley Stratix 5950: 1783-SAD4T0SPK9 · +1 more
Fix
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-19-094-04 · 4 productsIPsec is disabled by default in the Allen-Bradley Stratix 5950 devices.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-19-094-04 · 4 productsRockwell Automation recommends that users not use any IPsec virtual private network (VPN) connections
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-19-094-04 · 4 productsLAN-to-LAN IPsec VPN
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-19-094-04 · 4 productsRemote-access VPN using the IPsec VPN client
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-19-094-04 · 4 productsLayer 2 tunneling protocol (L2TP)-over-IPsec VPN connections
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-19-094-04 · 4 productsUtilize proper network infrastructure controls, such as firewalls, to help ensure that requests from unauthorized sources are blocked and the controls are isolated from the business network.
Advisories and patches
- tools.cisco.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2018-10-05
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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