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CVE-2025-20159

Cisco IOS XR Software Management Interface ACL Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS 5.3 MEDIUMEPSS 0.3%CWE-284
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 5.3EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
10 Sep 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
A vulnerability in the management interface access control list (ACL) processing feature in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured ACLs for the SSH, NetConf, and gRPC features. This vulnerability exists because management interface ACLs have not been supported on Cisco IOS XR Software Packet I/O infrastructure platforms for Linux-handled features such as SSH, NetConf, or gRPC. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to send traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass an ingress ACL that is applied on the management interface of the affected device.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N