CVE-2025-20209
HIGHCisco IOS XR - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Malformed IKEv2 Packets
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) function of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to prevent an affected device from processing any control plane UDP packets. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed IKEv2 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed IKEv2 packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to prevent the affected device from processing any control plane UDP packets, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0056
EPSS Percentile
68.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (40)
cisco/ios_xr
6.5.1
cisco/ios_xr
6.5.2
cisco/ios_xr
6.5.3
cisco/ios_xr
6.6.1
cisco/ios_xr
6.6.2
cisco/ios_xr
6.6.3
cisco/ios_xr
6.6.25
cisco/ios_xr
7.0.0
cisco/ios_xr
7.0.1
cisco/ios_xr
7.0.2
... and 30 more
Published
Mar 12, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026