CVE-2025-20163
8.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
A vulnerability in the SSH implementation of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate Cisco NDFC-managed devices.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient SSH host key validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by performing a machine-in-the-middle attack on SSH connections to Cisco NDFC-managed devices, which could allow an attacker to intercept this traffic. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impersonate a managed device and capture user credentials.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.2(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 7.0(2) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 10.3(2)IPFM | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 10.1(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 7.2(3) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 7.2(2) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 7.2(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.0(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 10.4(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 10.2(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 7.2(2a) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 10.1(2) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 7.1(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.1(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.1(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 10.3(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 10.3(1)R(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 7.0(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 10.0(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 7.1(2) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.4(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 10.4(2) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.3(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.5(1) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.5(2) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.5(3) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.0.1a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.5(3a) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.0.2d | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.0.2f | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 11.5(4) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.1.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.1.1e | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.1.1p | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.1.2e | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.1.2p | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.1.3b | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.2.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Data Center Network Manager | 12.2.2 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 3.1(1k) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 3.1(1l) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 3.2(1e) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 3.2(1i) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 3.3(1a) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 3.3(1b) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 3.3(2b) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 4.0(1i) | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 3.3(2g) | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-322: Key Exchange without Entity Authentication
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
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