Nexus 1000v vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product9 versions
The short answer

Nexus 1000v is made by Cisco. We track 36 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 9 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Cisco lists newer releases under their own names, such as Nexus 1000v for Vmware Vsphere, so check those pages too.

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Other names

Is Nexus 1000v listed under other names? Yes.

Cisco also lists Nexus 1000v under more specific names, such as Nexus 1000v for Vmware Vsphere and Nexus 1000v for Microsoft Hyper-V. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Known exploited

Which Nexus 1000v vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Nexus 1000v's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Nexus 1000v flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 29%

    IP-in-IP protocol specifies IP Encapsulation within IP standard (RFC 2003, STD 1) that decapsulate and route IP-in-IP traffic is vulnerable to spoofing, access-control bypass and other unexpected behavior due to the...

    CVSS5.3Published2 Jun 2020
  2. 14%

    A vulnerability in the network stack of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device.

    CVSS8.6Published7 Mar 2019
  3. 4.5%

    A vulnerability in the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) implementation of Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (FXOS) and NX-OS System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote...

    CVSS8.6Published19 Oct 2017
  4. 3.3%

    A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol service of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause the service to restart, resulting in a denial of...

    CVSS4.3Published23 Feb 2022
  5. 3.0%

    The banner (aka MOTD) implementation in Cisco NX-OS 4.1(2)E1(1f) on Nexus 4000 devices, 5.2(1)SV3(2.1) on Nexus 1000V devices, 6.0(2)N2(2) on Nexus 5000 devices, 6.2(11) on MDS 9000 devices, 6.2(12) on Nexus 7000...

    CVSS5.0Published12 Jun 2015
  6. 2.4%

    A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) input packet processor of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the SNMP application to...

    CVSS8.6Published16 May 2019
  7. 1.9%

    A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol feature of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code as root or cause a denial of service...

    CVSS8.8Published26 Feb 2020
  8. 1.8%

    A vulnerability in Security Group Tag Exchange Protocol (SXP) in Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the affected device to...

    CVSS8.6Published3 Jun 2020
  9. 1.8%

    Cisco NX-OS on the Nexus 1000V does not assign the proper priority to heartbeat messages from a Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) to a Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

    CVSS5.0Published29 May 2013
  10. 1.6%

    A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco FXOS Software, Cisco IOS XR Software, and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a reload of an...

    CVSS6.5Published5 Feb 2020
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We track 36 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Nexus 1000v, across 9 versions.

None of Nexus 1000v's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

Cisco also lists Nexus 1000v under more specific names, such as Nexus 1000v for Vmware Vsphere and Nexus 1000v for Microsoft Hyper-V. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Nexus 1000v. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.