CVE-2025-20159 (GCVE-0-2025-20159)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-10 16:06 – Updated: 2025-09-10 18:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cisco IOS XR Software Management Interface ACL Bypass Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the management interface access control list (ACL) processing feature in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured ACLs for the SSH, NetConf, and gRPC features.
This vulnerability exists because management interface ACLs have not been supported on Cisco IOS XR Software Packet I/O infrastructure platforms for Linux-handled features such as SSH, NetConf, or gRPC. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to send traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass an ingress ACL that is applied on the management interface of the affected device.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-10 18:20 UTC
CWE
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XR Software |
Affected:
6.6.1
Affected: 6.5.3 Affected: 7.0.1 Affected: 6.6.11 Affected: 6.5.1 Affected: 6.5.2 Affected: 6.6.2 Affected: 6.6.12 Affected: 6.6.25 Affected: 7.1.1 Affected: 7.0.90 Affected: 6.6.3 Affected: 7.0.2 Affected: 7.1.2 Affected: 7.2.1 Affected: 7.0.11 Affected: 7.0.12 Affected: 7.0.14 Affected: 6.6.4 Affected: 7.2.12 Affected: 7.3.1 Affected: 7.4.1 Affected: 7.2.2 Affected: 7.3.15 Affected: 7.3.16 Affected: 7.4.15 Affected: 7.3.2 Affected: 7.5.1 Affected: 7.4.16 Affected: 7.3.27 Affected: 7.6.1 Affected: 7.5.2 Affected: 7.8.1 Affected: 7.6.15 Affected: 7.5.12 Affected: 7.8.12 Affected: 7.3.4 Affected: 7.3.3 Affected: 7.4.2 Affected: 7.7.1 Affected: 7.6.2 Affected: 7.5.3 Affected: 7.7.2 Affected: 7.9.1 Affected: 7.10.1 Affected: 7.8.2 Affected: 7.5.4 Affected: 7.8.22 Affected: 7.7.21 Affected: 7.9.2 Affected: 7.3.5 Affected: 7.5.5 Affected: 7.11.1 Affected: 7.10.2 Affected: 24.1.1 Affected: 7.3.6 Affected: 7.5.52 Affected: 7.11.2 Affected: 24.2.1 Affected: 24.1.2 Affected: 24.2.11 Affected: 24.3.1 Affected: 24.4.1 Affected: 24.2.2 Affected: 7.11.21 Affected: 24.2.20 Affected: 24.3.2 Affected: 25.1.1 Affected: 24.4.2 Affected: 24.3.20 Affected: 25.1.2 Affected: 24.3.30 Affected: 24.4.30 Affected: 24.2.21 |
guessed |
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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