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CVE-2025-20209

Cisco IOS XR Software Internet Key Exchange Version 2 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-10-10 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-03-12 CVE Published
  • 2025-03-12 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-13 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Cisco
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6.5.3
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Cisco
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6.6.1
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Cisco
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6.5.2
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Cisco
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6.6.2
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Cisco
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6.5.1
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Cisco
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7.0.1
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Cisco
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6.6.25
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Cisco
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7.0.0
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Cisco
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7.1.1
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Cisco
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6.6.3
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Cisco
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7.0.2
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Cisco
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7.2.0
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Cisco
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7.1.2
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Cisco
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7.2.1
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Cisco
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7.3.1
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Cisco
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7.4.1
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Cisco
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7.2.2
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Cisco
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7.3.2
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Cisco
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7.5.1
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Cisco
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7.3.27
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Cisco
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7.6.1
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Cisco
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7.5.2
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Cisco
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7.7.1
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Cisco
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7.4.2
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Cisco
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7.6.2
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Cisco
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7.8.1
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Cisco
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7.7.2
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Cisco
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7.9.1
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Cisco
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7.8.2
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Cisco
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7.8.22
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Cisco
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7.10.1
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Cisco
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7.7.21
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Cisco
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7.9.2
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Cisco
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7.11.1
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Cisco
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7.10.2
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Cisco
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24.1.1
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Cisco
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7.11.2
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Cisco
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24.2.1
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Cisco
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24.1.2
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Cisco
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24.2.11
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