CISA KEV entry

CVE-2018-0156Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Smart Install Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software. Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 3 March 2022.

Data status: a source is stale

Last synced CISA catalogue version 2026.11.04 (released 4 November 2026) 1,768 entries Updated manually

Date added
2022-03-03
Federal due date
2022-03-17 14 days after it was added; passed at the sync of 2026-11-05
Known ransomware use
Unknown
Forensic triage (BOD 26-04)
No
CVSS
7.5 High CVSS 3.1, scored by nvd@nist.gov
EPSS
9.36% percentile 95.4, scored 2026-11-04
CISA SSVC
Exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact partial
NVD status
Analyzed published 2018-03-28, 1436 days before the KEV listing

BOD 26-04 remediation window

With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: yes, technical impact: partial), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days on a publicly exposed asset (row 2) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 10) S06. The catalogue due date, 14 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.

What CISA says

Short description

A vulnerability in the Smart Install feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0156

CWE in the catalogue

CWE-399

NVD details

CWE (NVD)
CWE-399 by psirt@cisco.com, CWE-20 by nvd@nist.gov
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS versions in NVD
V2, V31
Last modified in NVD
2026-06-17T01:29:57.570

Where each value comes from

Source and fetch time of every field on this page
FieldSourceFetched, UTCState
Catalogue fieldsCISA KEV JSON, version 2026.11.042026-11-05 11:38current
NVD published, status, CVSS, CWE, vendor linksNVD CVE API 2.0; CVSS: NVD (nvd@nist.gov)2026-11-03 12:37current at 2026-11-05 11:38
EPSSFIRST EPSS API, scores of 2026-11-042026-11-05 11:38current
CISA SSVCCISA ADP (via NVD), record of 2024-11-082026-11-03 12:37current

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