CVE-2025-20338 describes a vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software that allows an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands as root. This is due to insufficient validation of user arguments in specific CLI commands. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating that an attacker with high privileges and local access can achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.0eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.5.0e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.0sqCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.5.0sq:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.5.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1sqCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.5.1sq:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.2eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.5.2e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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