CVE-2025-20338
CVSS Score
6.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the device CLI with valid administrative (level 15) credentials and using crafted commands at the CLI prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.
| CWE | CWE-141 |
| Vendor | cisco |
| Product | cisco ios xe software |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | NetworkingTelecommunications |
| Published | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Feb 26, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Affected Versions
Cisco / Cisco IOS XE Software
3.5.0E 3.5.1E 3.5.2E 3.5.3E 3.11.1S 3.11.2S 3.11.0S 3.11.3S 3.11.4S 3.12.0S 3.12.1S 3.12.2S 3.12.3S 3.12.0aS 3.12.4S 3.13.0S 3.13.1S 3.13.2S 3.13.3S 3.13.4S 3.13.5S 3.13.2aS 3.13.0aS 3.13.5aS 3.13.6S 3.13.7S 3.13.6aS 3.13.7aS 3.13.8S 3.13.9S 3.13.10S 3.6.0E 3.6.1E 3.6.2aE 3.6.2E 3.6.3E 3.6.4E 3.6.5E 3.6.6E 3.6.5aE 3.6.7E 3.6.8E 3.6.7bE 3.6.9E 3.6.10E 3.14.0S 3.14.1S 3.14.2S 3.14.3S 3.14.4S 3.15.0S 3.15.1S 3.15.2S 3.15.1cS 3.15.3S 3.15.4S 3.7.0E 3.7.1E 3.7.2E 3.7.3E 3.7.4E 3.7.5E 3.5.0SQ 3.5.1SQ 3.5.2SQ 3.5.3SQ 3.5.4SQ 3.5.5SQ 3.5.6SQ 3.5.7SQ 3.5.8SQ 3.16.0S 3.16.1S 3.16.1aS 3.16.2S 3.16.2aS 3.16.0cS 3.16.3S 3.16.2bS 3.16.3aS 3.16.4S 3.16.4aS 3.16.4bS 3.16.5S 3.16.4dS 3.16.6S 3.16.7S 3.16.6bS 3.16.7aS 3.16.7bS 3.16.8S 3.16.9S 3.16.10S 3.17.0S 3.17.1S 3.17.2S 3.17.1aS 3.17.3S 3.17.4S 3.8.0E 3.8.1E 3.8.2E 3.8.3E 3.8.4E 3.8.5E 3.8.5aE 3.8.6E 3.8.7E 3.8.8E 3.8.9E 3.8.10E 3.8.10eE 3.18.0aS 3.18.0S 3.18.1S 3.18.2S 3.18.3S 3.18.4S 3.18.0SP 3.18.1SP 3.18.1aSP 3.18.1bSP 3.18.1cSP 3.18.2SP 3.18.2aSP 3.18.3SP 3.18.4SP 3.18.3aSP 3.18.3bSP 3.18.5SP 3.18.6SP 3.18.7SP 3.18.8aSP 3.18.9SP 3.9.0E 3.9.1E 3.9.2E 16.6.1 16.6.2 16.6.3 16.6.4 16.6.5 16.6.4a 16.6.5a 16.6.6 16.6.7 16.6.8 16.6.9 16.6.10 16.7.1 16.7.1a 16.7.1b 16.7.2 16.7.3 16.7.4 16.8.1 16.8.1a 16.8.1b 16.8.1s 16.8.1c 16.8.1d 16.8.2 16.8.1e 16.8.3 16.9.1 16.9.2 16.9.1a 16.9.1b 16.9.1s 16.9.3 16.9.4 16.9.3a 16.9.5 16.9.5f 16.9.6 16.9.7 16.9.8 16.10.1 16.10.1a 16.10.1b 16.10.1s 16.10.1c 16.10.1e 16.10.1d 16.10.2 16.10.1f 16.10.1g 16.10.3 3.10.0E 3.10.1E 3.10.0cE 3.10.2E 3.10.3E 16.11.1 16.11.1a 16.11.1b 16.11.2 16.11.1s 16.12.1 16.12.1s 16.12.1a 16.12.1c 16.12.1w 16.12.2 16.12.1y 16.12.2a 16.12.3 16.12.8 16.12.2s 16.12.1x 16.12.1t 16.12.4 16.12.3s 16.12.3a 16.12.4a 16.12.5 16.12.6 16.12.1z1 16.12.5a 16.12.5b 16.12.1z2 16.12.6a 16.12.7 16.12.9 16.12.10 16.12.10a 16.12.11 16.12.12 16.12.13 3.11.0E 3.11.1E 3.11.2E 3.11.3E 3.11.1aE 3.11.4E 3.11.3aE 3.11.5E 3.11.6E 3.11.7E 3.11.8E 3.11.9E 3.11.10E 3.11.11E 3.11.12E 17.1.1 17.1.1a 17.1.1s 17.1.1t 17.1.3 17.2.1 17.2.1r 17.2.1a 17.2.1v 17.2.2 17.2.3 17.3.1 17.3.2 17.3.3 17.3.1a 17.3.1w 17.3.2a 17.3.1x 17.3.1z 17.3.4 17.3.5 17.3.4a 17.3.6 17.3.4b 17.3.4c 17.3.5a 17.3.5b 17.3.7 17.3.8 17.3.8a 17.4.1 17.4.2 17.4.1a 17.4.1b 17.4.2a 17.5.1 17.5.1a 17.6.1 17.6.2 17.6.1w 17.6.1a 17.6.1x 17.6.3 17.6.1y 17.6.1z 17.6.3a 17.6.4 17.6.1z1 17.6.5 17.6.6 17.6.6a 17.6.5a 17.6.7 17.6.8 17.6.8a 17.7.1 17.7.1a 17.7.1b 17.7.2 17.10.1 17.10.1a 17.10.1b 17.8.1 17.8.1a 17.9.1 17.9.1w 17.9.2 17.9.1a 17.9.1x 17.9.1y 17.9.3 17.9.2a 17.9.1x1 17.9.3a 17.9.4 17.9.1y1 17.9.5 17.9.4a 17.9.5a 17.9.5b 17.9.6 17.9.6a 17.9.7 17.9.5e 17.9.5f 17.9.7a 17.9.7b 17.11.1 17.11.1a 17.12.1 17.12.1w 17.12.1a 17.12.1x 17.12.2 17.12.3 17.12.2a 17.12.1y 17.12.1z 17.12.4 17.12.3a 17.12.1z1 17.12.1z2 17.12.4a 17.12.5 17.12.4b 17.12.1z3 17.12.5a 17.12.1z4 17.12.5b 17.12.5c 17.13.1 17.13.1a 17.14.1 17.14.1a 17.15.1 17.15.1w 17.15.1a 17.15.2 17.15.1b 17.15.1x 17.15.1z 17.15.3 17.15.2c 17.15.2a 17.15.1y 17.15.2b 17.15.3a 17.15.3b 17.16.1 17.16.1a