SB2025082818 - Denial of service in Cisco Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series Switches
Published: August 28, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Compiler Optimization Removal or Modification of Security-critical Code (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20241)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) feature. A remote attacker on the local network can send a specially crafted IS-IS packet and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.