Cisco Releases Security Advisories for Cisco IOS XR Software


Cisco has released 10 security advisories addressing multiple vulnerabilities, including seven high and three medium severity advisories affecting Cisco IOS XR Software, which is a networking software system.

CVE-2025-20138 is an ‘improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS Command’ vulnerability with a CVSSv3 score of 8.8. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands and elevate privileges on an affected device, provided that the attacker has valid read-only administrative credentials.

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