01 Record
CVE-2025-20209
Cisco IOS XR Software Internet Key Exchange Version 2 Denial of Service Vulnerability
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
02 Description
Cisco IOS XR Software Internet Key Exchange Version 2 Denial of Service Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-03-12 16:13Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-03-12 17:51Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-10-10
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 75b9d4191c754d73f9a60f046fd76e982d983bd4511ae71a44177679ef27fd3d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.3, 6.6.1, 6.5.2, 6.6.2, 6.5.1, 7.0.1, 6.6.25, 7.0.0, 7.1.1, 6.6.3, 7.0.2, 7.2.0, 7.1.2, 7.2.1, 7.3.1, 7.4.1, 7.2.2, 7.3.2, 7.5.1, 7.3.27, 7.6.1, 7.5.2, 7.7.1, 7.4.2, 7.6.2, 7.8.1, 7.7.2, 7.9.1, 7.8.2, 7.8.22, 7.10.1, 7.7.21, 7.9.2, 7.11.1, 7.10.2, 24.1.1, 7.11.2, 24.2.1, 24.1.2, 24.2.11—
06 References
- sec.cloudapps.cisco.comcisco-sa-xrike-9wYGpRGqhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-xrike-9wYGpRGq
- blog.apnic.netCrafting endless AS-PATHS in BGPhttps://blog.apnic.net/2024/09/02/crafting-endless-as-paths-in-bgp/