TI-2025-14463 Aliases CVE-2025-20163 GHSA-435c-q8rw-j678

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller SSH Host Key Vulnerability

MEDIUM 40CWE-322Published 2025-06-04 · Updated 2026-02-26

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00432 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Cisco	Cisco Data Center Network Manager	11.2(1); 7.0(2); 10.3(2)IPFM; 10.1(1); 7.2(3); 7.2(2); 7.2(1); 11.0(1); 10.4(1); 10.2(1); 7.2(2a); 10.1(2); 7.1(1); 12.1(1); 11.1(1); 10.3(1); 10.3(1)R(1); 7.0(1); 10.0(1); 7.1(2); 11.4(1); 10.4(2); 11.3(1); 11.5(1); 11.5(2); 11.5(3); 12.0.1a; 11.5(3a); 12.0.2d; 12.0.2f; 11.5(4); 12.1.1; 12.1.1e; 12.1.1p; 12.1.2e; 12.1.2p; 12.1.3b; 12.2.1; 12.2.2	—	No fix listed	CNA
Cisco	Cisco Nexus Dashboard	3.1(1k); 3.1(1l); 3.2(1e); 3.2(1i); 3.3(1a); 3.3(1b); 3.3(2b); 4.0(1i); 3.3(2g)	—	No fix listed	CNA

Cisco Data Center Network Manager VendorCisco Affected 11.2(1); 7.0(2); 10.3(2)IPFM; 10.1(1); 7.2(3); 7.2(2); 7.2(1); 11.0(1); 10.4(1); 10.2(1); 7.2(2a); 10.1(2); 7.1(1); 12.1(1); 11.1(1); 10.3(1); 10.3(1)R(1); 7.0(1); 10.0(1); 7.1(2); 11.4(1); 10.4(2); 11.3(1); 11.5(1); 11.5(2); 11.5(3); 12.0.1a; 11.5(3a); 12.0.2d; 12.0.2f; 11.5(4); 12.1.1; 12.1.1e; 12.1.1p; 12.1.2e; 12.1.2p; 12.1.3b; 12.2.1; 12.2.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Cisco Nexus Dashboard VendorCisco Affected 3.1(1k); 3.1(1l); 3.2(1e); 3.2(1i); 3.3(1a); 3.3(1b); 3.3(2b); 4.0(1i); 3.3(2g) Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:nexus_dashboard::::::::	before 3.2\(2f\)	Vulnerable	Cisco

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:nexus_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.2\(2f\) Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-20163
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-435c-q8rw-j678

References

Advisory 1

cisco-sa-ndfc-shkv-snQJtjrp

TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2022-05416 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-05417 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-05420 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-13216 Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Data Center Network Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-06723 Resource management flaw in Cisco Nexus Dashboard CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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