CVE-2025-20199 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software. An authenticated local attacker with privilege level 15 can exploit insufficient input validation in specific configuration commands to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.2 (High), indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability concerns, though it requires high privileges to initiate. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.0seCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.2.0se:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.1seCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.2.1se:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.2seCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.2.2se:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.3seCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.2.3se:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.0seCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.3.0se:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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