Cisco IOS/IOS XE/Meraki/NX-OS/Small Business Switch IPv6 RA Guard/ARP Inspection authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS, IOS XE, Meraki, NX-OS and Small Business Switch and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component IPv6 RA Guard/ARP Inspection. Such manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-27853. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS, IOS XE, Meraki, NX-OS and Small Business Switch (Router Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component IPv6 RA Guard/ARP Inspection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Layer 2 network filtering capabilities such as IPv6 RA guard or ARP inspection can be bypassed using combinations of VLAN 0 headers and LLC/SNAP headers.

The weakness was shared 09/28/2022 as cisco-sa-VU855201-J3z8CKTX. The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-27853 since 03/01/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/01/2021 🔍
09/28/2022 +575 days 🔍
09/28/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/21/2025 +966 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-VU855201-J3z8CKTX
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-27853 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-27853
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209654
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2022 07:03
Updated: 05/21/2025 20:03
Changes: 09/28/2022 07:03 (40), 10/24/2022 15:29 (11), 05/21/2025 20:03 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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