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                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(4)",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(4)",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430428"
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(5)",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(5)",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430430"
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(5w)",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(5w)",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430437"
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(6)",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(6)",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430435"
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(7)",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(7)",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430441"
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(7a)",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(7a)",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430450"
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(7k)",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(7k)",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430442"
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(8)",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(8)",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430451"
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(9)",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/9.3(9)",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430459"
                                }
                            }
                        ],
                        "category": "product_name",
                        "name": "Cisco NX-OS Software"
                    },
                    {
                        "branches": [
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/unknown",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/unknown",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430324"
                                }
                            }
                        ],
                        "category": "product_name",
                        "name": "Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches"
                    },
                    {
                        "branches": [
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/unknown",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/unknown",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430331"
                                }
                            }
                        ],
                        "category": "product_name",
                        "name": "Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches"
                    },
                    {
                        "branches": [
                            {
                                "category": "product_version_range",
                                "name": "vers:cisco/unknown",
                                "product": {
                                    "name": "vers:cisco/unknown",
                                    "product_id": "CSAFPID-1430399"
                                }
                            }
                        ],
                        "category": "product_name",
                        "name": "Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches"
                    }
                ],
                "category": "vendor",
                "name": "Cisco"
            }
        ]
    },
    "vulnerabilities": [
        {
            "cve": "CVE-2026-20173",
            "cwe": {
                "id": "CWE-770",
                "name": "Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling"
            },
            "notes": [
                {
                    "category": "description",
                    "text": "A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust system resources, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability exists because rate limiting was improperly applied to some protocols. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of UDP or TCP connections to a data plane interface on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause instability to various routing and control plane protocols through some packet loss and temporary disruptions, causing a DoS condition. This DoS condition will clear without manual intervention soon after the high rate of traffic is stopped.",
                    "title": "nvd - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20173"
                },
                {
                    "category": "description",
                    "text": "A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust system resources, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition.This vulnerability exists because rate limiting was improperly applied to some protocols. An attacker could exploit this ",
                    "title": "cisco - https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/publicationService.x?limit=20"
                },
                {
                    "category": "other",
                    "text": "5.5",
                    "title": "NCSC Score"
                },
                {
                    "category": "other",
                    "text": "VENDOR FIX as product remediation category, Is related to a product by vendor Cisco, Is related to an uncommon product source",
                    "title": "NCSC Score top increasing factors"
                },
                {
                    "category": "other",
                    "text": "There is cwe data available from source Nvd, The CVSS vector string contains AV:N (Attack Vector: Network)",
                    "title": "NCSC Score top decreasing factors"
                }
            ],
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                "known_affected": [
                    "CSAFPID-1430324",
                    "CSAFPID-1430331",
                    "CSAFPID-1430399",
                    "CSAFPID-1430409",
                    "CSAFPID-1430410",
                    "CSAFPID-1430411",
                    "CSAFPID-1430415",
                    "CSAFPID-1430417",
                    "CSAFPID-1430422",
                    "CSAFPID-1430424",
                    "CSAFPID-1430428",
                    "CSAFPID-1430430",
                    "CSAFPID-1430435",
                    "CSAFPID-1430437",
                    "CSAFPID-1430439",
                    "CSAFPID-1430441",
                    "CSAFPID-1430442",
                    "CSAFPID-1430446",
                    "CSAFPID-1430448",
                    "CSAFPID-1430449",
                    "CSAFPID-1430450",
                    "CSAFPID-1430451",
                    "CSAFPID-1430453",
                    "CSAFPID-1430456",
                    "CSAFPID-1430459",
                    "CSAFPID-1430463",
                    "CSAFPID-1430465",
                    "CSAFPID-1430466",
                    "CSAFPID-1430469",
                    "CSAFPID-1430472",
                    "CSAFPID-1430473",
                    "CSAFPID-1430474",
                    "CSAFPID-1430475",
                    "CSAFPID-1430478",
                    "CSAFPID-1430479",
                    "CSAFPID-1430481",
                    "CSAFPID-1430482",
                    "CSAFPID-1430484",
                    "CSAFPID-1430486",
                    "CSAFPID-1430487",
                    "CSAFPID-1430488",
                    "CSAFPID-1430489",
                    "CSAFPID-1430491",
                    "CSAFPID-1430492",
                    "CSAFPID-1430493",
                    "CSAFPID-1430494",
                    "CSAFPID-1430495",
                    "CSAFPID-1430496",
                    "CSAFPID-1430497",
                    "CSAFPID-1430499",
                    "CSAFPID-1430501",
                    "CSAFPID-1430502",
                    "CSAFPID-1430503",
                    "CSAFPID-1430504",
                    "CSAFPID-1430506",
                    "CSAFPID-1430507",
                    "CSAFPID-1430508",
                    "CSAFPID-1430509",
                    "CSAFPID-1430510",
                    "CSAFPID-1430511",
                    "CSAFPID-2338434",
                    "CSAFPID-2338438",
                    "CSAFPID-2338439",
                    "CSAFPID-2338440",
                    "CSAFPID-2627574",
                    "CSAFPID-3082563",
                    "CSAFPID-3082564",
                    "CSAFPID-3082566",
                    "CSAFPID-3082567",
                    "CSAFPID-3082568",
                    "CSAFPID-3082569",
                    "CSAFPID-3082570",
                    "CSAFPID-3082571",
                    "CSAFPID-3082609",
                    "CSAFPID-5707548",
                    "CSAFPID-5707550",
                    "CSAFPID-5707551",
                    "CSAFPID-5707552",
                    "CSAFPID-5707554",
                    "CSAFPID-5707555",
                    "CSAFPID-9536105",
                    "CSAFPID-9536106",
                    "CSAFPID-9536109",
                    "CSAFPID-9536127",
                    "CSAFPID-9536130"
                ]
            },
            "references": [
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - hkcert",
                    "url": "https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/cisco-products-multiple-vulnerabilities_20261008"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - ncscclear",
                    "url": "https://advisories.ncsc.nl/advisory?id=NCSC-2026-0406"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - nvd",
                    "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20173"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - cisco",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nxos-nscpdos-SnderkC7/csaf/cisco-sa-nxos-nscpdos-SnderkC7.json"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - ncscclear",
                    "url": "https://vulnerabilities.ncsc.nl/manual/CVE-2026-20173"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - cisco",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/publicationService.x?limit=20"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco; nvd",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nxos-nscpdos-SnderkC7"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-notice-fBn58ELx"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-nxosw1-cWzSbtR"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCws61989"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCws28832"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/softwarechecker.x"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#asr"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/b_MDS_NX-OS_Recommended_Releases.html"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus3000/sw/recommended_release/b_Minimum_and_Recommended_Cisco_NX-OS_Releases_for_Cisco_Nexus_3000_Series_Switches.html"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/nx-os/recommended_releases/recommended_nx-os_releases.html"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus9000/sw/recommended_release/b_Minimum_and_Recommended_Cisco_NX-OS_Releases_for_Cisco_Nexus_9000_Series_Switches.html"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/recommended-release/b_Recommended_Cisco_ACI_Releases.html"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/psirt/security_vulnerability_policy.html"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/risk-based-disclosure"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/index.html"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/web/tsd-cisco-worldwide-contacts.html"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#fixes"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cisco",
                    "url": "https://www.cisco.com/go/psirt"
                }
            ],
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                {
                    "category": "vendor_fix",
                    "details": "Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.",
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                        "CSAFPID-1430409",
                        "CSAFPID-1430410",
                        "CSAFPID-1430411",
                        "CSAFPID-1430415",
                        "CSAFPID-1430417",
                        "CSAFPID-1430422",
                        "CSAFPID-1430424",
                        "CSAFPID-1430428",
                        "CSAFPID-1430430",
                        "CSAFPID-1430435",
                        "CSAFPID-1430437",
                        "CSAFPID-1430439",
                        "CSAFPID-1430441",
                        "CSAFPID-1430442",
                        "CSAFPID-1430446",
                        "CSAFPID-1430448",
                        "CSAFPID-1430449",
                        "CSAFPID-1430450",
                        "CSAFPID-1430451",
                        "CSAFPID-1430453",
                        "CSAFPID-1430456",
                        "CSAFPID-1430459",
                        "CSAFPID-1430463",
                        "CSAFPID-1430465",
                        "CSAFPID-1430466",
                        "CSAFPID-1430469",
                        "CSAFPID-1430472",
                        "CSAFPID-1430473",
                        "CSAFPID-1430474",
                        "CSAFPID-1430475",
                        "CSAFPID-1430478",
                        "CSAFPID-1430479",
                        "CSAFPID-1430481",
                        "CSAFPID-1430482",
                        "CSAFPID-1430484",
                        "CSAFPID-1430486",
                        "CSAFPID-1430487",
                        "CSAFPID-1430488",
                        "CSAFPID-1430489",
                        "CSAFPID-1430491",
                        "CSAFPID-1430492",
                        "CSAFPID-1430493",
                        "CSAFPID-1430494",
                        "CSAFPID-1430495",
                        "CSAFPID-1430496",
                        "CSAFPID-1430497",
                        "CSAFPID-1430499",
                        "CSAFPID-1430501",
                        "CSAFPID-1430502",
                        "CSAFPID-1430503",
                        "CSAFPID-1430504",
                        "CSAFPID-1430506",
                        "CSAFPID-1430507",
                        "CSAFPID-1430508",
                        "CSAFPID-1430509",
                        "CSAFPID-1430510",
                        "CSAFPID-1430511",
                        "CSAFPID-2338434",
                        "CSAFPID-2338438",
                        "CSAFPID-2338439",
                        "CSAFPID-2338440",
                        "CSAFPID-2627574",
                        "CSAFPID-3082563",
                        "CSAFPID-3082564",
                        "CSAFPID-3082566",
                        "CSAFPID-3082567",
                        "CSAFPID-3082568",
                        "CSAFPID-3082569",
                        "CSAFPID-3082570",
                        "CSAFPID-3082571",
                        "CSAFPID-3082609",
                        "CSAFPID-5707548",
                        "CSAFPID-5707550",
                        "CSAFPID-5707551",
                        "CSAFPID-5707552",
                        "CSAFPID-5707554",
                        "CSAFPID-5707555",
                        "CSAFPID-9536105",
                        "CSAFPID-9536106",
                        "CSAFPID-9536109",
                        "CSAFPID-9536127",
                        "CSAFPID-9536130"
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                }
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                {
                    "cvss_v3": {
                        "version": "3.1",
                        "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L",
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                        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM"
                    },
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                        "CSAFPID-1430331",
                        "CSAFPID-1430399",
                        "CSAFPID-1430409",
                        "CSAFPID-1430410",
                        "CSAFPID-1430411",
                        "CSAFPID-1430415",
                        "CSAFPID-1430417",
                        "CSAFPID-1430422",
                        "CSAFPID-1430424",
                        "CSAFPID-1430428",
                        "CSAFPID-1430430",
                        "CSAFPID-1430435",
                        "CSAFPID-1430437",
                        "CSAFPID-1430439",
                        "CSAFPID-1430441",
                        "CSAFPID-1430442",
                        "CSAFPID-1430446",
                        "CSAFPID-1430448",
                        "CSAFPID-1430449",
                        "CSAFPID-1430450",
                        "CSAFPID-1430451",
                        "CSAFPID-1430453",
                        "CSAFPID-1430456",
                        "CSAFPID-1430459",
                        "CSAFPID-1430463",
                        "CSAFPID-1430465",
                        "CSAFPID-1430466",
                        "CSAFPID-1430469",
                        "CSAFPID-1430472",
                        "CSAFPID-1430473",
                        "CSAFPID-1430474",
                        "CSAFPID-1430475",
                        "CSAFPID-1430478",
                        "CSAFPID-1430479",
                        "CSAFPID-1430481",
                        "CSAFPID-1430482",
                        "CSAFPID-1430484",
                        "CSAFPID-1430486",
                        "CSAFPID-1430487",
                        "CSAFPID-1430488",
                        "CSAFPID-1430489",
                        "CSAFPID-1430491",
                        "CSAFPID-1430492",
                        "CSAFPID-1430493",
                        "CSAFPID-1430494",
                        "CSAFPID-1430495",
                        "CSAFPID-1430496",
                        "CSAFPID-1430497",
                        "CSAFPID-1430499",
                        "CSAFPID-1430501",
                        "CSAFPID-1430502",
                        "CSAFPID-1430503",
                        "CSAFPID-1430504",
                        "CSAFPID-1430506",
                        "CSAFPID-1430507",
                        "CSAFPID-1430508",
                        "CSAFPID-1430509",
                        "CSAFPID-1430510",
                        "CSAFPID-1430511",
                        "CSAFPID-2338434",
                        "CSAFPID-2338438",
                        "CSAFPID-2338439",
                        "CSAFPID-2338440",
                        "CSAFPID-2627574",
                        "CSAFPID-3082563",
                        "CSAFPID-3082564",
                        "CSAFPID-3082566",
                        "CSAFPID-3082567",
                        "CSAFPID-3082568",
                        "CSAFPID-3082569",
                        "CSAFPID-3082570",
                        "CSAFPID-3082571",
                        "CSAFPID-3082609",
                        "CSAFPID-5707548",
                        "CSAFPID-5707550",
                        "CSAFPID-5707551",
                        "CSAFPID-5707552",
                        "CSAFPID-5707554",
                        "CSAFPID-5707555",
                        "CSAFPID-9536105",
                        "CSAFPID-9536106",
                        "CSAFPID-9536109",
                        "CSAFPID-9536127",
                        "CSAFPID-9536130"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "title": "CVE-2026-20173"
        }
    ]
}