ACTIVELY EXPLOITED

CVE-2016-6415: Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE IKEv1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Facts
VendorCisco
ProductIOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE
Actively exploitedYes
Added to CISA KEV19 May 2023
CISA federal deadline9 Jun 2023
Weakness (CWE)CWE-200

Required action (CISA's text)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description (NVD)

Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE contain insufficient condition checks in the part of the code that handles Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) security negotiation requests. contains an information disclosure vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) that could allow an attacker to retrieve memory contents. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to retrieve memory contents, which can lead to information disclosure.

SOURCES

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Data from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Updated 10 Nov 2026.