CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-20160

8.1 HIGH Published 2025-09-24 Modified 2026-09-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-09-24
Last modified
2026-09-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of the TACACS+ protocol in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive data or bypass authentication. This vulnerability exists because the system does not properly check whether the required TACACS+ shared secret is configured. A machine-in-the-middle attacker could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting and reading unencrypted TACACS+ messages or impersonating the TACACS+ server and falsely accepting arbitrary authentication requests. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view sensitive information in a TACACS+ message or bypass authentication and gain access to the affected device.

Affected configurations

• cisco ios 15.2\(4\)e6 • cisco ios 15.2\(4\)e7 • cisco ios 15.2\(4\)e8 • cisco ios 15.2\(4\)e9 • cisco ios 15.2\(4\)e10 • cisco ios 15.2\(4\)e10a • cisco ios 15.2\(4\)e10d • cisco ios 15.2\(6\)e1 • cisco ios 15.2\(6\)e2 • cisco ios 15.2\(6\)e2a • cisco ios 15.2\(6\)e2b • cisco ios 15.2\(6\)e3 • cisco ios 15.2\(6\)eb • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e0a • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e0b • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e0s • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e1 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e1a • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e2 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e2a • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e3 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e3k • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e4 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e5 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e6 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e7 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e8 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e9 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e10 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e11 • cisco ios 15.2\(7\)e12 • cisco ios 15.2\(7a\)e0b • cisco ios 15.2\(7b\)e0b • cisco ios 15.2\(8\)e • cisco ios 15.2\(8\)e1 • cisco ios 15.2\(8\)e2 • cisco ios 15.2\(8\)e3 • cisco ios 15.2\(8\)e4 • cisco ios 15.2\(8\)e5 • cisco ios 15.2\(8\)e6 • cisco ios 15.2\(8\)e7 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy2 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy3 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy4 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy5 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy6 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy7 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy8 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy9 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy10 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy11 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy12 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy13 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy14 • cisco ios 15.5\(1\)sy15 • cisco ios 15.5\(3\)m7 • cisco ios 15.5\(3\)m8 • cisco ios 15.5\(3\)m9 • cisco ios 15.5\(3\)m10 … and 299 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References