Cisco recently released numerous patches for over 20 vulnerabilities that were a part of its semiannual “Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication” event. According to the press release, most of these vulnerabilities affect Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software and are rated at a severity rating of “high” with a CVSS Base Score of at least 7.5. Three of the Cisco vulnerabilities, however, were ranked “critical” on the Security Impact Rating and deserve more in-depth coverage.