# CVE-2025-20292: Cisco NXOS Software Command Injection Vulnerability

> Authenticated local attackers can execute arbitrary commands to read and write files on Cisco NX-OS devices via CLI input validation flaws.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hp2g-vg39-xg22

## What is CVE-2025-20292?

CVE-2025-20292 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software, published on 27 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute a command injection attack on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid user credentials on the affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering crafted input as the argument of an affected CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and write files on the underlying operating system with the privileges of a non-root user account. File system access is limited to the permissions that are granted to that non-root user account.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20292?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-20292?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-20292 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-20292 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-20292 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software, published on 27 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco NX-OS Software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20292/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20292/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20292
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20292
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-20292

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20292/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.