Hazard

Is CVE-2016-6415 being exploited?

Weaponised and widely attempted

Reliable public exploit code exists, or mass exploitation attempts are probable. Patch inside days, not weeks.

Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE IKEv1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Cisco · IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE

CVSS 7.5 EPSS 87% 1 public exploit Fix deadline passed 9 June 2023

What it is

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.

Why we say that

  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 87%
  • 1 public exploit published
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2023-06-09) has passed
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit code

Indexed from Exploit-DB. Presence of code raises urgency; absence does not mean safety.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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