Cisco Industrial Ethernet 1000 Series Switches Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20177) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-20177

Cisco Industrial Ethernet 1000 Series Switches Denial of Service Vulnerability

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-20177 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Cisco Industrial Ethernet 1000 Series Switches Denial of Service Vulnerability. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Cisco/Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Aug 19, 2026Updated Aug 19, 2026Source checked Aug 19, 2026First seen by HOL Aug 19, 2026Material review Aug 19, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Cisco/Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
Cisco/Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switchesgeneric	1.1 \|\| 1.2 \|\| 1.8.0 \|\| 1.8.2 \|\| 1.7.0 \|\| 1.3 \|\| 1.9.1 \|\| 1.6 \|\| 1.8.1 \|\| 1.9.2 \|\| 1.9.2a \|\| 1.9.3 \|\| 1.9.4 \|\| 1.9.5	Not reported

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Cisco/Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches.
Review the reported fix. Monitor this advisory for an available fix and review any installs of the affected package.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Aug 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Aug 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Aug 19, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Source referencesec.cloudapps.cisco.com

Upstream source description

A vulnerability in the handling of management plane packets by Cisco Industrial Ethernet (IE) 1000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device manager, SSH, or API to become inaccessible.This vulnerability is due to insufficient protection against management plane flooding attacks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of ICMP, SSH, or HTTP traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the CPU of the device to increase, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on the device manager web GUI, SSH, or API. Data traffic through the device is not affected.

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