🛡️ CVE-2025-20248
🟡 CVSS 6.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-347 NVD
6.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A vulnerability in the installation process of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to bypass Cisco IOS XR Software image signature verification and load unsigned software on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have root-system privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of files during the installation of an .iso file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying contents of the .iso image and then installing and activating it on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to load an unsigned file as part of the image activation process.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-347
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-09-10
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2026-04-15
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unknown

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