CVE-2025-20196

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.42% (36th) EPSS
CVSS 5.3 · medium
Is it mine?
430 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Cisco IOx application hosting environment to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the improper handling of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Cisco IOx application hosting environment to stop responding. The IOx process will need to be manually restarted to recover services.

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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.

5.3
010

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

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-307US
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affected products (430)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 430
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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-0974Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches IOS/IOx Management Software: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-05-07csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches in der IOS/IOx Management Software ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder einen Denial of Service zu verursachen.

  • cisco-sa-iox-dos-95Fqnf7bCisco IOx Application Hosting Environment Denial of Service Vulnerability2025-05-07csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Cisco IOx application hosting environment to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the improper handling of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Cisco IOx application hosting environment to stop responding. The IOx process will need to be manually restarted to recover services. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is part of the May 2025 release of the Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Event Response: May 2025 Semiannual Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-75279"].

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also known as (3)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcert_bundcisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-05-07modified 2026-06-17
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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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