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CVE-2025-26488

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Infinera MTC-9 allows remote unauthenticated users to crash the service and cause a reboot of the appliance, thus causing a DoS condition, via crafted XML payloads.This issue affects MTC-9: from R22.1.1.0275…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.38%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Infinera MTC-9 allows remote unauthenticated users to crash the service and cause a reboot of the appliance, thus causing a DoS condition, via crafted XML payloads.This issue affects MTC-9: from R22.1.1.0275 before R23.0.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.38% probability · 31th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
nokia/infinera mtc-9 firmware
Source
a6d3dc9e-0591-4a13-bce7-0f5b31ff6158

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.