CVE-2025-20163 is a high-severity vulnerability in the SSH implementation of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate NDFC-managed devices. This vulnerability, due to insufficient SSH host key validation, carries a CVSS score of 8.7 (HIGH) and can be exploited via a machine-in-the-middle attack on SSH connections. A successful exploit could lead to the interception of traffic and capture of user credentials. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.2\(2f\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:nexus_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.