CVE detail
CVE-2008-4128: Cisco IOS Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog · back to feed
Vendor / product
Cisco · IOS
- Date added (KEV)
- Jul 13, 2026
- CISA due date
- Jul 16, 2026
- Ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Vendor fix: Vendor advisory
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Technical detail
From CISA
Cisco IOS 12.4 contains multiple cross-site forgery vulnerabilities that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a certain "show privilege" command to the /level/15/exec/- URI, and (2) a certain "alias exec" command to the /level/15/exec/-/configure/http URI.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/obsolete/ios-nx-os-software/cisco-ios-software-releases-12-4-mainline.html ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4128
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- http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/09/cisco-0day-released.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31218ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45226Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6476ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6477
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