CVE-2025-20169 Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE Software
An authenticated remote attacker can cause a denial of service on Cisco IOS devices by sending crafted SNMP requests that trigger improper error handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20169?
CVE-2025-20169 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 5 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the SNMP subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper error handling when parsing SNMP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SNMP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. This vulnerability affects SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3. To exploit this vulnerability through SNMP v2c or earlier, the attacker must know a valid read-write or read-only SNMP community string for the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability through SNMP v3, the attacker must have valid SNMP user credentials for the affected system.
Weakness: CWE-805
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20169?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20169?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-20169 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20169 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios
- CVE-2017-12240 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-3881 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2018-0167 Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-6737 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wpp5-72vx-9m3v.