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CVE-2025-20338

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges 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 could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the device CLI with valid administrative (level 15) credentials and using crafted commands at the CLI prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.

  • Published: Sep 24, 2025
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2025-20338
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.0e 3.5.0e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.0sq 3.5.0sq.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.1e 3.5.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.1sq 3.5.1sq.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.2e 3.5.2e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.2sq 3.5.2sq.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.3e 3.5.3e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.3sq 3.5.3sq.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.4sq 3.5.4sq.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.5sq 3.5.5sq.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.6sq 3.5.6sq.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.7sq 3.5.7sq.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.5.8sq 3.5.8sq.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.0e 3.6.0e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.1e 3.6.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.2ae 3.6.2ae.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.2e 3.6.2e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.3e 3.6.3e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.4e 3.6.4e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.5ae 3.6.5ae.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.5e 3.6.5e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.6e 3.6.6e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.7be 3.6.7be.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.7e 3.6.7e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.8e 3.6.8e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.9e 3.6.9e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.6.10e 3.6.10e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.7.0e 3.7.0e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.7.1e 3.7.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.7.2e 3.7.2e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.7.3e 3.7.3e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.7.4e 3.7.4e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.7.5e 3.7.5e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.0e 3.8.0e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.1e 3.8.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.2e 3.8.2e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.3e 3.8.3e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.4e 3.8.4e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.5ae 3.8.5ae.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.5e 3.8.5e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.6e 3.8.6e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.7e 3.8.7e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.8e 3.8.8e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.9e 3.8.9e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.10e 3.8.10e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.8.10ee 3.8.10ee.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.9.0e 3.9.0e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.9.1e 3.9.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.9.2e 3.9.2e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.10.0ce 3.10.0ce.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.10.0e 3.10.0e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.10.1e 3.10.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.10.2e 3.10.2e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.10.3e 3.10.3e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.0e 3.11.0e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.0s 3.11.0s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.1ae 3.11.1ae.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.1e 3.11.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.1s 3.11.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.2e 3.11.2e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.2s 3.11.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.3ae 3.11.3ae.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.3e 3.11.3e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.3s 3.11.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.4e 3.11.4e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.4s 3.11.4s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.5e 3.11.5e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.6e 3.11.6e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.7e 3.11.7e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.8e 3.11.8e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.9e 3.11.9e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.10e 3.11.10e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.11e 3.11.11e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.11.12e 3.11.12e.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.12.0as 3.12.0as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.12.0s 3.12.0s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.12.1s 3.12.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.12.2s 3.12.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.12.3s 3.12.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.12.4s 3.12.4s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.0as 3.13.0as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.0s 3.13.0s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.1s 3.13.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.2as 3.13.2as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.2s 3.13.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.3s 3.13.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.4s 3.13.4s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.5as 3.13.5as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.5s 3.13.5s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.6as 3.13.6as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.6s 3.13.6s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.7as 3.13.7as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.7s 3.13.7s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.8s 3.13.8s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.9s 3.13.9s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.13.10s 3.13.10s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.14.0s 3.14.0s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.14.1s 3.14.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.14.2s 3.14.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.14.3s 3.14.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.14.4s 3.14.4s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.15.0s 3.15.0s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.15.1cs 3.15.1cs.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.15.1s 3.15.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.15.2s 3.15.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.15.3s 3.15.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.15.4s 3.15.4s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.0cs 3.16.0cs.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.0s 3.16.0s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.1as 3.16.1as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.1s 3.16.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.2as 3.16.2as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.2bs 3.16.2bs.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.2s 3.16.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.3as 3.16.3as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.3s 3.16.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.4as 3.16.4as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.4bs 3.16.4bs.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.4ds 3.16.4ds.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.4s 3.16.4s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.5s 3.16.5s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.6bs 3.16.6bs.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.6s 3.16.6s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.7as 3.16.7as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.7bs 3.16.7bs.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.7s 3.16.7s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.8s 3.16.8s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.9s 3.16.9s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.16.10s 3.16.10s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.17.0s 3.17.0s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.17.1as 3.17.1as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.17.1s 3.17.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.17.2s 3.17.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.17.3s 3.17.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.17.4s 3.17.4s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.0as 3.18.0as.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.0s 3.18.0s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.0sp 3.18.0sp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.1asp 3.18.1asp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.1bsp 3.18.1bsp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.1csp 3.18.1csp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.1s 3.18.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.1sp 3.18.1sp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.2asp 3.18.2asp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.2s 3.18.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.2sp 3.18.2sp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.3asp 3.18.3asp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.3bsp 3.18.3bsp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.3s 3.18.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.3sp 3.18.3sp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.4s 3.18.4s.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.4sp 3.18.4sp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.5sp 3.18.5sp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.6sp 3.18.6sp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.7sp 3.18.7sp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.8asp 3.18.8asp.x
cisco / ios_xe 3.18.9sp 3.18.9sp.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.1 16.6.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.2 16.6.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.3 16.6.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.4 16.6.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.4a 16.6.4a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.5 16.6.5.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.5a 16.6.5a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.6 16.6.6.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.7 16.6.7.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.8 16.6.8.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.9 16.6.9.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.6.10 16.6.10.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.7.1 16.7.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.7.1a 16.7.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.7.1b 16.7.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.7.2 16.7.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.7.3 16.7.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.7.4 16.7.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.8.1 16.8.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.8.1a 16.8.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.8.1b 16.8.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.8.1c 16.8.1c.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.8.1d 16.8.1d.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.8.1e 16.8.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.8.1s 16.8.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.8.2 16.8.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.8.3 16.8.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1 16.9.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1a 16.9.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1b 16.9.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1s 16.9.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.2 16.9.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.3 16.9.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.3a 16.9.3a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.4 16.9.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.5 16.9.5.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.5f 16.9.5f.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.6 16.9.6.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.7 16.9.7.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.8 16.9.8.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1 16.10.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1a 16.10.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1b 16.10.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1c 16.10.1c.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1d 16.10.1d.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1e 16.10.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1f 16.10.1f.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1g 16.10.1g.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1s 16.10.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.2 16.10.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.3 16.10.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.1 16.11.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.1a 16.11.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.1b 16.11.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.1s 16.11.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.2 16.11.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1 16.12.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1a 16.12.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1c 16.12.1c.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1s 16.12.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1t 16.12.1t.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1w 16.12.1w.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1x 16.12.1x.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1y 16.12.1y.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1z1 16.12.1z1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1z2 16.12.1z2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.2 16.12.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.2a 16.12.2a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.2s 16.12.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.3 16.12.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.3a 16.12.3a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.3s 16.12.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.4 16.12.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.4a 16.12.4a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.5 16.12.5.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.5a 16.12.5a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.5b 16.12.5b.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.6 16.12.6.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.6a 16.12.6a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.7 16.12.7.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.8 16.12.8.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.9 16.12.9.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.10 16.12.10.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.10a 16.12.10a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.11 16.12.11.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.12 16.12.12.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.13 16.12.13.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.1 17.1.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.1a 17.1.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.1s 17.1.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.1t 17.1.1t.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.3 17.1.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1 17.2.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1a 17.2.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1r 17.2.1r.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1v 17.2.1v.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.2 17.2.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.3 17.2.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1 17.3.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1a 17.3.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1w 17.3.1w.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1x 17.3.1x.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1z 17.3.1z.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.2 17.3.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.2a 17.3.2a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.3 17.3.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.4 17.3.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.4a 17.3.4a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.4b 17.3.4b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.4c 17.3.4c.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.5 17.3.5.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.5a 17.3.5a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.5b 17.3.5b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.6 17.3.6.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.7 17.3.7.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.8 17.3.8.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.8a 17.3.8a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.1 17.4.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.1a 17.4.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.1b 17.4.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.2 17.4.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.2a 17.4.2a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.5.1 17.5.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.5.1a 17.5.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.1 17.6.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.1a 17.6.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.1w 17.6.1w.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.1x 17.6.1x.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.1y 17.6.1y.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.1z 17.6.1z.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.1z1 17.6.1z1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.2 17.6.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.3 17.6.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.3a 17.6.3a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.4 17.6.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.5 17.6.5.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.5a 17.6.5a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.6 17.6.6.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.6a 17.6.6a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.7 17.6.7.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.8 17.6.8.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.6.8a 17.6.8a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.7.1 17.7.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.7.1a 17.7.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.7.1b 17.7.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.7.2 17.7.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.8.1 17.8.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.8.1a 17.8.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.1 17.9.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.1a 17.9.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.1w 17.9.1w.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.1x 17.9.1x.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.1x1 17.9.1x1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.1y 17.9.1y.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.1y1 17.9.1y1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.2 17.9.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.2a 17.9.2a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.3 17.9.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.3a 17.9.3a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.4 17.9.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.4a 17.9.4a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.5 17.9.5.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.5a 17.9.5a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.5b 17.9.5b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.5e 17.9.5e.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.5f 17.9.5f.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.6 17.9.6.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.6a 17.9.6a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.7 17.9.7.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.7a 17.9.7a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.9.7b 17.9.7b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.10.1 17.10.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.10.1a 17.10.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.10.1b 17.10.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.11.1 17.11.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.11.1a 17.11.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1 17.12.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1a 17.12.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1w 17.12.1w.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1x 17.12.1x.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1y 17.12.1y.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1z 17.12.1z.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1z1 17.12.1z1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1z2 17.12.1z2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1z3 17.12.1z3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.1z4 17.12.1z4.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.2 17.12.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.2a 17.12.2a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.3 17.12.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.3a 17.12.3a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.4 17.12.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.4a 17.12.4a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.4b 17.12.4b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.12.5 17.12.5.x
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