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CVE-2025-20138
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CVE-2025-20138
(Last updated March 13, 2025) ▾
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Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker 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 with a low-privileged account could exploit this vulnerability by using crafted commands at the prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root and execute arbitrary commands.
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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Base Score:
8.8 High
Impact Score:
6
Exploitability Score:
2
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
General Information
Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.3
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.29
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.92
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.15
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.25
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.26
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.11
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.25
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.28
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.93
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.12
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.90
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.0
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.90
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.3
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.15
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.0
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.11
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.12
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.7.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.14
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.25
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.4
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.12
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.3
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.7.4
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.31
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.15
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.16
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.15
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.32
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.16
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.27
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.6.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.6.15
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.12
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.12
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.3
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.7.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.4
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.6.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.3
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.7.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.9.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.10.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.4
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.33
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.22
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.7.21
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.9.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.5
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.5
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.11.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.9.21
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.10.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.1.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.6.3
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.6
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.52
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.11.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.1.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.11
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.3.1
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.23
Cisco IOS XR Software 7.11.21
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.20
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.3.2
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.4.10
Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.35
Cisco IOS XR Software 24.3.20
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown
References
Additional Info
Authenticated
Unknown
Exploitable
Unknown
Reliability
Unknown
Stability
Unknown
Available Mitigations
Unknown
Shelf Life
Unknown
Userbase/Installbase
Unknown
Patch Effectiveness
Unknown
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