SB2025091126 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XR



SB2025091126 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XR

Published: September 11, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025091126
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20340)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) implementation. A remote attacker on the local network can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.