CVE-2025-20201 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software, allowing an authenticated, local attacker with privilege level 15 to gain root access on the underlying operating system. This is due to insufficient input validation when processing specific configuration commands. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) but a High Security Impact Rating due to the potential for undetected actions after gaining root access. 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:H/A:N
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