Cisco IOS XR Software Management Interface ACL Bypass (cisco-sa-acl-packetio-Swjhhbtz)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 266351

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XR is affected by a vulnerability.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwb70861, CSCwo51041, CSCwo52518, CSCwq48170

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 266351

File Name: cisco-sa-acl-packetio-Swjhhbtz-iosxr.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/1/2025

Updated: 10/1/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xr

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XR/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-20159

CWE: 284

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-acl-packetio-Swjhhbtz

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwb70861, CSCwo51041, CSCwo52518, CSCwq48170

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