Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2025-20145
Published: March 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105696
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20145
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco IOS XR
8608 Routers
8804 Routers
8808 Routers
8812 Routers
8818 Routers
NCS S5504
NCS S5508
NCS S5516
Cisco IOS XR
8608 Routers
8804 Routers
8808 Routers
8812 Routers
8818 Routers
NCS S5504
NCS S5508
NCS S5516
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to certain packets are handled incorrectly when they are received on an ingress interface on one line card and destined out of an egress interface on another line card where the egress access control list (ACL) is configured. A remote attacker can bypass an egress ACL on the target device.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-20145
Install updates from vendor's website.