CVE-2025-20138 — Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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 a…
Published: 2025-03-12 · CVSS: 8.8 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7