CVE-2025-20311
Sept. 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
7.4
High
Description
A vulnerability in the handling of certain Ethernet frames in Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an egress port to become blocked and drop all outbound traffic.
This vulnerability is due to improper handling of crafted Ethernet frames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Ethernet frames through an affected switch. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the egress port to which the crafted frame is forwarded to start dropping all frames, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| Cisco |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-19
None
None
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | cisco | ios_xe | / | / | / | / | / | catalyst_9000 | / | * |
| h | cisco | catalyst_9000 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: NONE
- Scope: CHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: NONE
- Availability Impact: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
Published: Sept. 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Status : Received
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
psirt@cisco.com
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