- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.59%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 51% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A vulnerability in the backup restore functionality of Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal attack on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the contents of a backup file. An attacker with valid Administrator credentials could exploit this vulnerability by restoring a crafted backup file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges on the underlying shell on the affected device.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciscoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 51% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
- affected 1.1(3e)
- affected 1.1(3c)
- affected 1.1(3d)
- affected 1.1(0d)
- affected 1.1(2i)
- affected 2.0(1b)
- affected 1.1(2h)
- affected 1.1(0c)
- affected 1.1(3f)
- affected 2.1(1d)
- affected 2.1(1e)
- affected 2.0(2g)
- affected 2.0(2h)
- affected 2.1(2d)
- affected 2.0(1d)
- affected 2.2(1h)
- affected 2.2(1e)
- affected 2.2(2d)
- affected 2.1(2f)
- affected 2.3(1c)
- affected 2.3(2b)
- affected 2.3(2c)
- affected 2.3(2d)
- affected 2.3(2e)
- affected 3.0(1f)
- affected 3.0(1i)
- affected 3.1(1k)
- affected 3.1(1l)
- affected 3.2(1e)
- affected 3.2(1i)
- affected 3.3(1a)
- affected 3.3(1b)
- affected 3.3(2b)
- affected 4.0(1i)
- affected 3.3(2g)
- affected 3.2(2f)
- affected 3.2(2g)
- affected 3.2(2m)
- affected 3.1(1n)
What to do
Exploitation: The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-25938 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-20344)Record last updated .