PT-2025-39312 · Cisco · Cisco Ios Xe

Published 2025-09-24 · Updated 2025-10-15 · CVE-2025-20314

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description A flaw in Cisco IOS XE Software may allow an attacker with level-15 privileges or physical access to a device to execute persistent code during boot and compromise the system’s trust mechanism. This is caused by insufficient validation of software packages. An attacker could exploit this by placing a specially crafted file in a specific location on the device, potentially gaining control of the underlying operating system.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-232

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-11721

CVE-2025-20314

Affected Products

Cisco Ios Xe

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-11721 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-secboot-UqFD8AvC · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20314 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/138819 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1970996078943273130 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/leftSECURE/status/1971300024782111038 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/33263 · Telegram Post