CVE-2016-6450: Cisco IOS XE

Low severity, CVSS 2.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the package unbundle utility of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain write access to some files in the underlying operating system. This vulnerability affects the following products if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS XE Software: Cisco 5700 Series Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 4500X Series Switches. More Information: CSCva60013 CSCvb22622. Known Affected Releases: 3.7(0) 16.4.1 Denali-16.1.3 Denali-16.2.2 Denali-16.3.1. Known Fixed Releases: 15.2(4)E3 16.1(2.208) 16.2(2.42) 16.3(1.22) 16.4(0.190) 16.5(0.29).

Affected products

• Cisco IOS XE: version 3.6.2ae only; version 3.6.3e only; version 3.6.4e only; version 3.8.1e only; version 16.1.1 only; version 16.1.2 only; …

Published 2016-11-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.