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CVE-2025-20344: cisco cisco nexus dashboard Path Traversal

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 27-08-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-20344 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Path Traversal vulnerability in cisco cisco nexus dashboard. EPSS estimates a 0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.59%
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. 27-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.59% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.59%

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

Cisco2 products
  • cisco nexus dashboard1.1(3e) | 1.1(3c) | 1.1(3d) | 1.1(0d) | 1.1(2i) | 2.0(1b) | 1.1(2h) | 1.1(0c) | 1.1(3f) | 2.1(1d) | 2.1(1e) | 2.0(2g) | 2.0(2h) | 2.1(2d) | 2.0(1d) | 2.2(1h) | 2.2(1e) | 2.2(2d) | 2.1(2f) | 2.3(1c) | 2.3(2b) | 2.3(2c) | 2.3(2d) | 2.3(2e) | 3.0(1f) | 3.0(1i) | 3.1(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) | 3.2(2f) | 3.2(2g) | 3.2(2m) | 3.1(1n)
  • nexus_dashboard< 4.1\(1g\)

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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