CVE 5.3 MEDIUM

Cisco IOS XR Software Management Interface ACL Bypass Vulnerability_CVE-2025-20159

5.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-20159
Source cisco
Published Sep 10, 2025 at 16:06

Affected Product

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco IOS XR Software
Version 6.6.1
Affected Versions Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.0.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.11
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.12
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.6.25
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 7.0.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.1.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.1
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 6.6.4
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.12
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.2.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.15
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.16
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.15
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 7.3.4
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.3.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 7.7.1
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 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 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 7.10.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.1.1
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 7.11.21
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.20
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.3.2
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 25.1.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.3.30
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.4.30
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 24.2.21

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