CVE-2025-20189

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Express Forwarding functionality of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco ASR 903 Aggregation Services Routers with Route Switch Processor 3 (RSP3C) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper memory management when Cisco IOS XE Software is processing Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted ARP messages at a high rate over a period of time to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system resources, which eventually triggers a reload of the active route switch processor (RSP). If a redundant RSP is not present, the router reloads.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-762

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software3.16.0S; 3.16.1S; 3.16.1aS; 3.16.2S; 3.16.2aS; 3.16.0cS; 3.16.3S; 3.16.2bS; 3.16.3aS; 3.16.4S; 3.16.4aS; 3.16.4bS; 3.16.5S; 3.16.4dS; 3.16.6S; 3.16.7S; 3.16.6bS; 3.16.7aS; 3.16.7bS; 3.16.8S

References

Timeline

Published
May 7, 2025
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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