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CVE-2025-20163: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller SSH Host Key Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-322
Description
A vulnerability in the SSH implementation of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate Cisco NDFC-managed devices. This vulnerability is due to insufficient SSH host key validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by performing a machine-in-the-middle attack on SSH connections to Cisco NDFC-managed devices, which could allow an attacker to intercept this traffic. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impersonate a managed device and capture user credentials.
Affected products
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard: before 3.2\(2f\) — fixed in 3.2\(2f\)
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Nexus Dashboard 3.2\(2f\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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