CVE-2025-20340

Summary

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 vulnerability is due to how Cisco IOS XR Software processes a high, sustained rate of ARP traffic hitting the management interface. Under certain conditions, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an excessive amount of traffic to the management interface of an affected device, overwhelming its ARP processing capabilities. A successful exploit could result in degraded device performance, loss of management connectivity, and complete unresponsiveness of the system, leading to a DoS condition.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.29affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.6.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.92affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.15affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.6.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.0.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.6.25affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.26affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.6.11affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.25affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.28affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.93affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.6.12affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.90affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.0.0affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.1.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.0.90affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.6.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.7.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.0.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.1.15affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.2.0affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.2.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.1.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.7.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.0.11affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.0.12affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.0.14affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.1.25affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.6.4affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.2.12affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.3.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.1.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.7.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.4.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.2.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.7.4affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.31affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.3.15affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.3.16affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.8.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.4.15affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.32affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.3.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.5.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.4.16affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.3.27affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.6.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.5.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.8.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.6.15affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.5.12affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.8.12affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.3.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.7.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.8.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.3.4affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.4.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.7.35affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.9.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.6.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.5.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.7.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.9.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.9.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.10.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.8.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.5.4affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.33affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.8.22affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.7.21affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.9.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.3.5affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.5.5affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.11.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.9.21affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.10.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.1.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.6.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.3.6affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.5.52affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.11.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.2.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.1.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.2.11affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.3.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.4.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.2.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.8.23affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software7.11.21affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.2.20affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.3.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.4.10affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.35affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software25.1.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.4.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.3.20affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.4.15affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.351affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.3.30affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software6.5.352affected
CiscoCisco IOS XR Software24.4.30affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References