CVE-2025-20338: Cisco IOS XE Software vulnerability
Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Software
Affected: Cisco IOS XE Software · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 22% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the device CLI with valid administrative (level 15) credentials and using crafted commands at the CLI prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Software3.5.0E; 3.5.1E; 3.5.2E; 3.5.3E; 3.11.1S; 3.11.2S and 368 more
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Published
- September 2025
CoverageNo articles yet
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