CVE-2025-20352 — Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2025-20352 (Cisco IOS and IOS XE) is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 2025-09-29. Cisco IOS and IOS XE contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Simple Network Management… See the required fix, due date and advisories.

Exploitation status

CVE-2025-20352 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2025-09-29. Cisco IOS and IOS XE contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem that could allow for denial of service or remote code execution. A successful exploit could allow a low-privileged attacker to cause the affected system to reload, resulting in a DoS condition, or allow a high-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user and obtain full control of the affected system.

Advisory facts

Vendor or project
Cisco
Affected product
IOS and IOS XE
Added to CISA KEV
2025-09-29
US federal remediation due date
2025-10-20
Ransomware association
Unknown
EPSS score
—
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-121

Remediation: the required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Wording published by CISA for this catalog entry. It is the baseline action, not a decision about your environment: whether this exposure matters for you depends on where the affected component runs, what it is exposed to and who owns it.

From advisory to a decision you can defend

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Sourced from public upstream advisories (CISA KEV, ENISA EUVD, vendor PSIRTs) mirrored daily. Informational only — not a remediation decision, not legal advice, and the absence of a record is not evidence of safety.