Vulnerability · Published Aug 27, 2025 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2025-20344Cisco Nexus Dashboard Path Traversal Vulnerability
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in Cisco Nexus Dashboard from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Nexus Dashboard | 1.1(3e)1.1(3c)1.1(3d)1.1(0d)1.1(2i)2.0(1b)1.1(2h)1.1(0c) |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N