CVE 5.3 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-20316_CVE-2025-20316

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 access control list (ACL) programming of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9500X and 9600X Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured ACL on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to the flooding of traffic from an unlearned MAC address on a switch virtual interface (SVI) that has an egress ACL applied. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by causing the VLAN to flush its MAC address table. This condition can also occur if the MAC address table is full. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass an egress ACL on an affected device.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-20316
Source cisco
Published Sep 24, 2025 at 17:16
Modified Sep 24, 2025 at 17:28

Affected Product

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco IOS XE Software
Version 17.7.1
Affected Versions Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.7.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.10.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.10.1b
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.8.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.4
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.5
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.4a
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.6
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.6a
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.7
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.11.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.12.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.12.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.12.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.12.4
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.12.5
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.13.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.14.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.15.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.15.2
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.15.3
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.15.2b
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.16.1
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 17.17.1

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