CVE-2025-20163

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.43% (37th) EPSS
CVSS 8.7 · high
Is it mine?
56 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the SSH implementation of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate Cisco NDFC-managed devices. This vulnerability is due to insufficient SSH host key validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by performing a machine-in-the-middle attack on SSH connections to Cisco NDFC-managed devices, which could allow an attacker to intercept this traffic. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impersonate a managed device and capture user credentials.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.7
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.7highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.18.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.18.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.8
v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.18.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-322USCWE-322US
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affected products (56)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-1241Cisco Nexus Dashboard: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2025-06-04csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Cisco Nexus Dashboard ausnutzen, um ein verwaltetes Gerät nachzuahmen und Informationen auszuspähen.

  • cisco-sa-ndfc-shkv-snQJtjrpCisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller SSH Host Key Validation Vulnerability2025-06-04csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the SSH implementation of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate Cisco NDFC-managed devices. This vulnerability is due to insufficient SSH host key validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by performing a machine-in-the-middle attack on SSH connections to Cisco NDFC-managed devices, which could allow an attacker to intercept this traffic. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impersonate a managed device and capture user credentials. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundcisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-06-04modified 2026-06-17
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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