PT-2025-20269 · Cisco · Cisco Ios Xe

T.V + 1 · Published 2025-05-07 · Updated 2025-07-08 · CVE-2025-20197

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS XE Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privilege level 15 to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This issue is due to insufficient input validation when processing specific configuration commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input in specific configuration commands, potentially allowing them to perform undetected actions on the underlying operating system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-20197

Affected Products

Cisco Ios Xe

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-20197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20197 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-privesc-su7scvdp · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvetracker/23272 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/24749 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1920246399800631330 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/syedaquib77/status/1920567082493882844 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/127977 · Telegram Post