CVE-2025-20181

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Description

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Catalyst 2960X, 2960XR, 2960CX, and 3560CX Series Switches could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privilege level 15 or an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the device to execute persistent code at boot time and break the chain of trust. This vulnerability is due to missing signature verification for specific files that may be loaded during the device boot process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a crafted file into a specific location on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code at boot time. Because this allows the attacker to bypass a major security feature of the device, Cisco has raised the Security Impact Rating (SIR) of this advisory from Medium to High.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-05-07T17:35:31.850Z

Last Modified :

2025-05-07T19:45:02.742Z

Source :

cisco

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-20181 vulnerability.

Vendors	Products
Cisco	Catalyst 2960cx-8pc-l Catalyst 2960cx-8tc-l Catalyst 2960x-24pd-l Catalyst 2960x-24ps-l Catalyst 2960x-24psq-l Catalyst 2960x-24psq-l Cool Catalyst 2960x-24td-l Catalyst 2960x-24ts-l Catalyst 2960x-24ts-ll Catalyst 2960x-48fpd-l Catalyst 2960x-48fps-l Catalyst 2960x-48lpd-l Catalyst 2960x-48lps-l Catalyst 2960x-48td-l Catalyst 2960x-48ts-l Catalyst 2960x-48ts-ll Catalyst 2960xr-24pd-i Catalyst 2960xr-24pd-l Catalyst 2960xr-24ps-i Catalyst 2960xr-24ps-l Catalyst 2960xr-24td-i Catalyst 2960xr-24td-l Catalyst 2960xr-24ts-i Catalyst 2960xr-24ts-l Catalyst 2960xr-48fpd-i Catalyst 2960xr-48fpd-l Catalyst 2960xr-48fps-i Catalyst 2960xr-48fps-l Catalyst 2960xr-48lpd-i Catalyst 2960xr-48lpd-l Catalyst 2960xr-48lps-i Catalyst 2960xr-48lps-l Catalyst 2960xr-48td-i Catalyst 2960xr-48td-l Catalyst 2960xr-48ts-i Catalyst 2960xr-48ts-l Catalyst 3560cx-12pc-s Catalyst 3560cx-12pd-s Catalyst 3560cx-12tc-s Catalyst 3560cx-8pc-s Catalyst 3560cx-8pt-s Catalyst 3560cx-8tc-s Catalyst 3560cx-8xpd-s Ios

Vendors

Products

Cisco