vulnerability

Cisco XE: CVE-2025-20149: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software CLI Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 24, 2025
Added
Sep 25, 2025
Modified
Dec 4, 2025

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

This vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow. An attacker with a low-privileged account could exploit this vulnerability by using crafted commands at the CLI prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Solution

cisco-xe-update-latest
Title
NEW

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