Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE IKEv1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Cisco / IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE
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.
- CVE identifier
- CVE-2016-6415
- Added to KEV
- May 19, 2023
- CISA catalog dueDate
- Jun 9, 2023
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- Ransomware use, as reported by CISA
- Unknown
- CVSS severity
- Not supplied by KEV
- EPSS probability
- Not available
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Source notes
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160916-ikev1; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6415
Source & freshness
Source updated: Nov 6, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC
Successfully checked: Nov 7, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC
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