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Cisco IOS XR Software

115 known vulnerabilities.

Cisco IOS XR Software at a glance

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Latest advisories

  • High max 7.7
    NCSC-2025-0043 8 CVEs rev. 2

    Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Cisco IOS, IOS XE en IOS XR Software

    Cisco heeft meerdere kwetsbaarheden verholpen in IOS, IOS XE en IOS XR Software.

    first Feb 7, 2025

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  • High 7.5

    Cisco IOS XR Software for ASR 9000 Series Routers IPv4 Unicast Packets Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the IPv4 packet processing functionality of Cisco IOS XR Software that affects Cisco ASR 9000 and 9900 Series Aggregation Services Routers as well as Cisco ASR 9902 and 9903 Compact High-Performance Routers could allow an unauthenticated, r…

  • High 8.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026

    As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple int…

  • High 8.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026

    As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multipl…

  • Critical 9.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026

    As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple int…

  • High 8.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026

    As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple int…

  • Critical 9.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026

    As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple int…

  • High 8.6

    Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026

    As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple int…

  • High 8.2

    Cisco IOS XR Software Security Hardening Release: September 2026

    As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening releases that address multiple int…

  • Medium 6.8

    Cisco IOS-XR NCS 5500 and NCS 5700 Egress Packet Network Interfaces Aligner Interrupt Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the handling of an Egress Packet Network Interface (EPNI) Aligner interrupt in Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 5500 Series with NC57 line cards and Cisco NCS 5700 Routers and Cisco IOS XR Software for Third …

  • High 8.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in task group assignment for a specific CLI command in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and gain full administrative control of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect …

  • High 7.4

    Cisco IOS XR Software Multi-Instance Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) multi-instance routing feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause the IS-IS process to restart unexpectedly. This vulnerability is due t…

  • High 8.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user argum…

  • Critical 9.0

    A vulnerability in the web services of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, Cisco Secure F…

  • High 7.4

    Cisco IOS XR Address Resolution Protocol Broadcast Storm Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) implementation of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger a broadcast storm, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.  This v…

  • Medium 5.3

    Cisco IOS XR Software Management Interface ACL Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the management interface access control list (ACL) processing feature in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured ACLs for the SSH, NetConf, and gRPC features. This vulnerability exists beca…

  • Medium 6.0

    Cisco IOS XR Software Image Verification Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the installation process of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to bypass Cisco IOS XR Software image signature verification and load unsigned software on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the…

  • High 8.6

    Cisco IOS, IOS XE and IOS XR Software TWAMP Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) server feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) co…

  • High 7.5

    Cisco IOS XR Software Internet Key Exchange Version 2 Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) function of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to prevent an affected device from processing any control plane UDP packets.  This vulnerability is due to im…

  • Medium 6.7

    Cisco IOS XR Software Image Verification Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the boot process of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to bypass Cisco IOS XR image signature verification and load unverified software on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must …

  • High 8.6

    Cisco IOS XR Software for ASR 9000 Series Routers Layer 3 Multicast Routing Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Layer 3 multicast feature of Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, ASR 9902 Compact High-Performance Routers, and ASR 9903 Compact High-Performance Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote a…

  • Medium 5.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software Access Control List Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the access control list (ACL) processing in the egress direction of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured ACL. This vulnerability exists because certain packets are handled incorrectly …

  • Medium 4.0

    Cisco IOS XR Software Access Control List Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the hybrid access control list (ACL) processing of IPv4 packets in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured ACL. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of packets when a specific …

  • Medium 6.7

    Cisco IOS XR Software Secure Boot Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the boot process of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with high privileges to bypass the Secure Boot functionality and load unverified software on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attac…

  • High 8.6

    Cisco IOS XR Software for ASR 9000 Series Routers L2VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the IPv4 access control list (ACL) feature and quality of service (QoS) policy feature of Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, ASR 9902 Compact High-Performance Routers, and ASR 9903 Compact High-Per…

  • High 7.4

    Cisco IOS XR Software Release 7.9.2 Denial of Service Vulnerabillity

    A vulnerability in the handling of specific packets that are punted from a line card to a route processor in Cisco IOS XR Software Release 7.9.2 could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause control plane traffic to stop working on multiple Cisco…

  • High 8.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user argum…

  • High 8.6
    CVE-2025-20115 Public exploit

    Cisco IOS XR Software Border Gateway Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in confederation implementation for the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to a memory corruption …

  • High 7.7

    A vulnerability in the SNMP subsystem of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco IOS XR Software could all…

  • Medium 6.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software BGP Resource Public Key Infrastructure Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the implementation of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) process to crash, resulting in a denial of …

  • High 8.8

    A vulnerability in the implementation of the CLI on a device that is running ConfD could allow an authenticated, local …

  • Medium 4.3

    Cisco IOS XR Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol process to reload on an affected device. This vulnerability is due …

  • Medium 6.0

    Cisco Network Convergence System 4000 Series TL1 Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the TL1 function of Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 4000 Series could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a memory leak in the TL1 process. This vulnerability is due to TL1 not freeing memory under some conditions. A…

  • Medium 6.1

    Cisco IOS XR Software Broadband Network Gateway PPPoE Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Broadband Network Gateway PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause the PPPoE process to continually crash. This vulnerability exists because the PPPoE fea…

  • High 8.6

    Cisco IOS XR Software Packet Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the multicast traceroute version 2 (Mtrace2) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust the UDP packet memory of an affected device. This vulnerability exists because the Mtrace2 code does no…

  • High 8.4

    Cisco Routed Passive Optical Network Cleartext Password Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the storage method of the PON Controller configuration file could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to obtain the MongoDB credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper storage of the unencrypted database creden…

  • High 7.2

    Cisco IOS XR PON Controller Command Injection Vulnerabilities

    Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Routed PON Controller Software, which runs as a docker container on hardware that is supported by Cisco IOS XR Software, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges on the PON Manager or …

  • High 7.4

    Cisco IOS XR Software Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the segment routing feature for the Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. T…

  • High 8.8

    Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Configuration Update Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the JSON-RPC API feature in Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) and ConfD that is used by the web-based management interfaces of Cisco Optical Site Manager and Cisco RV340 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Routers could allow an authenti…

  • High 7.4

    Cisco IOS XR Software Layer 2 Services Denial of Service Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the handling of specific Ethernet frames by Cisco IOS XR Software for various Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) platforms could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause critical priority packets to be dropped, resulting in …

  • High 8.8

    Cisco IOS XR Software Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to obtain read/write file system access on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user arg…