CVE-2018-0131: Cisco IOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the implementation of RSA-encrypted nonces in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to obtain the encrypted nonces of an Internet Key Exchange Version 1 (IKEv1) session. The vulnerability exists because the affected software responds incorrectly to decryption failures. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability sending crafted ciphertexts to a device configured with IKEv1 that uses RSA-encrypted nonces. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain the encrypted nonces. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve77140.

Affected products

  • Cisco IOS: version 15.5(3)s only
  • Cisco IOS XE: version 15.5(3)s only

Published 2018-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.