What is CVE-2025-20344?

CVE-2025-20344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2025-20344?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-20344 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Cisco Nexus Dashboard

CVE-2025-20344

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…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (34.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Nexus Dashboard — versions 1.1(3e), 1.1(3c), 1.1(3d)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cisco-sa-nd-ptrs-XU2Fm2Wb

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20344?: CVE-2025-20344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-20344?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-20344 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.