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    CVE-2025-20189

    A vulnerability in the Cisco Express Forwarding functionality of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco ASR 903 Aggregation Services Routers with Route Switch Processor 3 (RSP3C) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper memory management when Cisco IOS XE Software is processing Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted ARP messages at a high rate over a period of time to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system resources, which eventually triggers a reload of the active route switch processor (RSP). If a redundant RSP is not present, the router reloads.

    Published:May 7, 2025
    Last Modified:Aug 5, 2025
    EPS:May 7, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.0003
    CVSS Score:7.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Asr 903
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Ios Xe

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Physical
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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