Cisco Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series Switches Layer 2 Ethernet Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.32 % · percentile 25 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- cisco
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
A vulnerability in the health monitoring diagnostics of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of specific Ethernet frames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a sustained rate of crafted Ethernet frames to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-1220 — Insufficient Granularity of Access Control
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | cisco |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-5297
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-20111
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0163 — Vulnérabilité dans les commutateurs Cisco Nexus · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Cisco · Cisco NX-OS Software | affected 9.3(2) ; affected 9.3(1) ; affected 9.3(1z) ; affected 9.3(3) ; affected 9.3(4) ; affected 9.3(5) |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |