Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-09-24T17:14:57.638Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-26T17:48:00.835Z

Source :

cisco
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-20338 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Cisco
  • Ios Xe
  • Ios Xe Software
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CVSS Vulnerability Scoring System

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