Is CVE-2025-20149 being actively exploited?

CVE-2025-20149 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-20149?

CVE-2025-20149 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2025-20149

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 0.1%EU EUVD

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow. An attacker with a low-privileged account could exploit this vulnerability by using crafted commands at the CLI prompt. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
EPSS score: 0.1% (2th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2025-31026)
Published: September 24, 2025
NVD last modified: September 26, 2026
Status: Analyzed

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-31026 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 24, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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Certified products that may be affected

17 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Cisco Embedded Services 9300 and 3300 Series Switches (ESS9300 & ESS3300) running IOS-XE 17.15 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11662-2026 - active
Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge (C8000V) running IOS-XE 17.15 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria Certificate Number: 2025/161 - active
Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (C1100), Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers (IR1800), Cisco Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers (IR8300) running IOS-XE 17.15 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11643-2025 - active
Cisco Catalyst Industrial Ethernet 9300 Rugged Series Switches running IOS-XE 17.15 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11603-2025 - active
Cisco Aggregation Services Router 1000 Series (ASR1K), Cisco Catalyst 8200, 8300, 8500 Series Edge Routers (Cat8K) running IOS-XE version 17.15 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11642-2025 - active

See all 17 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ios-cli-EB7cZ6yO(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 27, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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