Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) implementation for Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to a memory corruption that occurs when a BGP update is created with an AS_CONFED_SEQUENCE attribute that has 255 autonomous system numbers (AS numbers)."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Firmware Image
Target Asset Cisco IOS XR
Standard Path Global Firmware
Manual Verification Required
This is a non-Windows asset (Cisco). Use the target asset details and official path provided above to verify your current version against the official vendor advisories listed below.
Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
Network disruption possible due to BGP process restart
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2025-20115: Potential DoS vulnerability in Cisco IOS XR BGP implementation, recommend verifying firmware version and applying patch if necessary
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