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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2025-20138

Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker with a low-privileged account could exploit this vulnerability by using crafted commands at the prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root and execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software

Default version status: unknown

  • 6.5.3affected
  • 6.5.29affected
  • 6.5.1affected
  • 6.6.1affected
  • 6.5.2affected
  • 6.5.92affected
  • 6.5.15affected
  • 6.6.2affected
  • 7.0.1affected
  • 6.6.25affected
  • 6.5.26affected
  • 6.6.11affected
  • 6.5.25affected
  • 6.5.28affected
  • 6.5.93affected
  • 6.6.12affected
  • 6.5.90affected
  • 7.0.0affected
  • 7.1.1affected
  • 7.0.90affected
  • 6.6.3affected
  • 7.0.2affected
  • 7.1.15affected
  • 7.2.0affected
  • 7.2.1affected
  • 7.1.2affected
  • 7.0.11affected
  • 7.0.12affected
  • 6.7.2affected
  • 7.0.14affected
  • 7.1.25affected
  • 6.6.4affected
  • 7.2.12affected
  • 7.3.1affected
  • 7.1.3affected
  • 7.4.1affected
  • 7.2.2affected
  • 6.7.4affected
  • 6.5.31affected
  • 7.3.15affected
  • 7.3.16affected
  • 7.4.15affected
  • 6.5.32affected
  • 7.3.2affected
  • 7.5.1affected
  • 7.4.16affected
  • 7.3.27affected
  • 7.6.1affected
  • 7.5.2affected
  • 7.8.1affected
  • 7.6.15affected
  • 7.5.12affected
  • 7.8.12affected
  • 7.3.3affected
  • 7.7.1affected
  • 7.3.4affected
  • 7.4.2affected
  • 7.6.2affected
  • 7.5.3affected
  • 7.7.2affected
  • 7.9.1affected
  • 7.10.1affected
  • 7.8.2affected
  • 7.5.4affected
  • 6.5.33affected
  • 7.8.22affected
  • 7.7.21affected
  • 7.9.2affected
  • 7.3.5affected
  • 7.5.5affected
  • 7.11.1affected
  • 7.9.21affected
  • 7.10.2affected
  • 24.1.1affected
  • 7.6.3affected
  • 7.3.6affected
  • 7.5.52affected
  • 7.11.2affected
  • 24.2.1affected
  • 24.1.2affected
  • 24.2.11affected
  • 24.3.1affected
  • 24.2.2affected
  • 7.8.23affected
  • 7.11.21affected
  • 24.2.20affected
  • 24.3.2affected
  • 24.4.10affected
  • 6.5.35affected
  • 24.3.20affected

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