vulnerability
Cisco XE: CVE-2025-20338: Cisco IOS XE Software CLI Argument Injection Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | Jan 16, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Sep 24, 2025
Added
Sep 25, 2025
Modified
Jan 16, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
cisco-xe-update-latest
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