CVE-2025-20173: Cisco IOS

High severity, CVSS 7.7. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the SNMP subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper error handling when parsing SNMP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SNMP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.  This vulnerability affects SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3. To exploit this vulnerability through SNMP v2c or earlier, the attacker must know a valid read-write or read-only SNMP community string for the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability through SNMP v3, the attacker must have valid SNMP user credentials for the affected system.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS: version 12.2(33)sre only; version 12.2(33)sre0a only; version 12.2(33)sre1 only; version 12.2(33)sre2 only; version 12.2(33)sre3 only; version 12.2(33)sre4 only; …
• Cisco IOS XE: version 3.2.0se only; version 3.2.0sg only; version 3.2.1se only; version 3.2.1sg only; version 3.2.2se only; version 3.2.2sg only; …

Published 2025-02-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.