Cisco IOS up to 15.3(3)JPU authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-20164. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco IOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager (DM) of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of authorizations for authenticated users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to privilege level 15. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with privilege level 5 or higher. Read-only DM users are assigned privilege level 5.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-20164 since 10/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/07/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Router Operating System

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• IOS

Version

• 15.0(2)EA
• 15.0(2)EA1
• 15.0(2)EK
• 15.0(2)EK1
• 15.0(2)SE8
• 15.2(1)EY
• 15.2(2)E
• 15.2(2)E1
• 15.2(2)E2
• 15.2(2)E3
• 15.2(2)E4
• 15.2(2)E5
• 15.2(2)E5a
• 15.2(2)E6
• 15.2(2)E7
• 15.2(2)E8
• 15.2(2)E9
• 15.2(2)E10
• 15.2(2)EA
• 15.2(2)EA2
• 15.2(2)EA3
• 15.2(2)EB
• 15.2(2)EB1
• 15.2(2)EB2
• 15.2(2a)E2
• 15.2(3)E1
• 15.2(3)E2
• 15.2(3)E3
• 15.2(3)E4
• 15.2(3)EA
• 15.2(4)EA
• 15.2(4)EA1
• 15.2(4)EA4
• 15.2(4)EA5
• 15.2(4)EA6
• 15.2(4)EA7
• 15.2(4)EA8
• 15.2(4)EA9
• 15.2(4)EA9a
• 15.2(4)EC1
• 15.2(4)EC2
• 15.2(5)E
• 15.2(5)E1
• 15.2(5)E2
• 15.2(5)E2c
• 15.2(5a)E1
• 15.2(6)E
• 15.2(6)E0a
• 15.2(6)E0c
• 15.2(6)E1
• 15.2(6)E2a
• 15.2(6)E3
• 15.2(6)EB
• 15.2(7)E
• 15.2(7)E0b
• 15.2(7)E0s
• 15.2(7)E1a
• 15.2(7)E2
• 15.2(7)E3
• 15.2(7)E4
• 15.2(7)E5
• 15.2(7)E6
• 15.2(7)E7
• 15.2(7)E8
• 15.2(7)E9
• 15.2(7)E10
• 15.2(7)E11
• 15.2(8)E
• 15.2(8)E1
• 15.2(8)E2
• 15.2(8)E3
• 15.2(8)E4
• 15.2(8)E5
• 15.2(8)E6
• 15.3(3)JPU

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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