CVE-2025-20316 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-20316

A vulnerability in the access control list (ACL) programming of...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the access control list (ACL) programming of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9500X and 9600X Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured ACL on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to the flooding of traffic from an unlearned MAC address on a switch virtual interface (SVI) that has an egress ACL applied. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by causing the VLAN to flush its MAC address table. This condition can also occur if the MAC address table is full. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass an egress ACL on an affected device.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco IOS XE Software
Vulnerable Versions:
17.7.1, 17.10.1, 17.10.1b, 17.8.1, 17.9.1, 17.9.2, 17.9.3, 17.9.4, 17.9.5, 17.9.4a, 17.9.6, 17.9.6a, 17.9.7, 17.11.1, 17.12.1, 17.12.2, 17.12.3, 17.12.4, 17.12.5, 17.13.1, 17.14.1, 17.15.1, 17.15.2, 17.15.3, 17.15.2b, 17.16.1, 17.17.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 24th, 2025
Last Modified: September 24th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)