8.7

CVE-2025-20163: cisco cisco data center network manager

CVSS: 8.7v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 04-06-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-20163 is a high (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in cisco cisco data center network manager. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.7/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.43% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco3 products
  • cisco data center network manager11.2(1) | 7.0(2) | 10.3(2)IPFM | 10.1(1) | 7.2(3) | 7.2(2) | 7.2(1) | 11.0(1) | 10.4(1) | 10.2(1) | 7.2(2a) | 10.1(2) | 7.1(1) | 12.1.1 | 11.1(1) | 10.3(1) | 10.3(1)R(1) | 7.0(1) | 10.0(1) | 7.1(2) | 11.4(1) | 10.4(2) | 11.3(1) | 11.5(1) | 11.5(2) | 11.5(3) | 12.0.1a | 11.5(3a) | 12.0.2d | 12.0.2f | 11.5(4) | 12.1.1e | 12.1.1p | 12.1.2e | 12.1.2p | 12.1.3b | 12.2.1 | 12.2.2
  • cisco nexus dashboard3.1(1k) | 3.1(1l) | 3.2(1e) | 3.2(1i) | 3.3(1a) | 3.3(1b) | 3.3(2b) | 4.0(1i) | 3.3(2g)
  • nexus_dashboard< 3.2\(2f\)

1 vendor · 3 products

References

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