CVE 7.4 HIGH

Cisco IOS XR Address Resolution Protocol Broadcast Storm Vulnerability_CVE-2025-20340

7.4 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A vulnerability in the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) implementation of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger a broadcast storm, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. 

This vulnerability is due to how Cisco IOS XR Software processes a high, sustained rate of ARP traffic hitting the management interface. Under certain conditions, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an excessive amount of traffic to the management interface of an affected device, overwhelming its ARP processing capabilities. A successful exploit could result in degraded device performance, loss of management connectivity, and complete unresponsiveness of the system, leading to a DoS condition.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-20340
Source cisco
Published Sep 10, 2025 at 16:06

Affected Product

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco IOS XR Software
Version 6.5.3
Affected Versions Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.29
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.92
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.15
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.25
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.26
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.11
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.25
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.28
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.93
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.12
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.90
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.0
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.90
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.7.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.15
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.0
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.7.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.11
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.12
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.14
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.25
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.4
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.12
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.7.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.7.4
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.31
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.15
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.16
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.8.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.15
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.32
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.16
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.27
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.6.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.6.15
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.12
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.12
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.7.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.8.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.4
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.7.35
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.9.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.6.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.7.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.9.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.9.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.10.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.4
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.33
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.22
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.7.21
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.9.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.5
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.5
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.11.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.9.21
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.10.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.1.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.6.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.6
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.5.52
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.11.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.1.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.11
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.3.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.4.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.8.23
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.11.21
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.20
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.3.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.4.10
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.35
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 25.1.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.4.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.3.20
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.4.15
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.351
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.3.30
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.352
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.4.30

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