CVE-2025-20290

Cisco NXOS Software Sensitive Log Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 5.5
CVSS 3.1
Adjacent, local or physical access what this means
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.001
2.6th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Vendor-published field
Published
Aug 27, 2025
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the logging feature of Cisco NX-OS Software for Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches, Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode, Cisco UCS 6400 Fabric Interconnects, Cisco UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects, and Cisco UCS 9108 100G Fabric Interconnects could allow an authenticated, local attacker access to sensitive information. This vulnerability is due to improper logging of sensitive information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing log files on the file system where they are stored. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive information, such as stored credentials.

Weakness: CWE-200

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Other Products cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco NX-OS Software
  • Cisco · Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed)

Vendor advisory

cisco-sa-nxos-infodis-TEcTYSFG

Cisco NX-OS Software Sensitive Log Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Cisco’s rating: Medium (advisory CVSS 5.5) · Published Aug 27, 2025

Bug IDs: CSCwn06798 , CSCwn23023 , CSCwo61245 , CSCwo71832

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