Port 8017Cisco CloudSec
Cisco CloudSec uses UDP 8017 for encrypted dataplane traffic between participating Cisco network devices.
- transport
- udp
- in transit
- encrypted
- assignment
- official
- risk
- 2/10
- lookups
- 0
single transport
payload protected on the wire
registered with iana
safe
rank 993 of 5,977 · top 17%
Technical Details
what runs on :8017UDP 8017 is assigned for Cisco CloudSec dataplane traffic. In a CloudSec deployment, participating Cisco endpoints use it to carry protected network traffic; it is not a user-facing request/response service. The wire format and session details are Cisco-specific, and publicly available information does not establish a general-purpose handshake or framing specification. It should be present only where CloudSec is configured on the relevant Cisco equipment.
Security Information
exposure of :8017risk score
2/ 10safe
routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.
security averages 3.0 across 418 ports — this one sits 1.0 below.
in transit
encrypted
payloads are protected on the wire
assignment
official
registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number
reachable over
udp
udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite
security overview
CloudSec traffic is intended to be protected in transit, but that does not make the listener appropriate for unrestricted internet exposure. Permit UDP 8017 only between expected CloudSec peers and according to the network design; an unexpected listener merits investigation. It is rare in internet-wide scans, and there is no basis here to identify a broadly deployed public-facing service or a known-exploited vulnerability on this port.
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risk mix of the 8 listed
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2 of 8 encrypted