Check Point Advisories

Cisco Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-20363)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-13818
Date Published:	30 Mar 2026
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 30 March, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-20363
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Cisco IOS XR 6.5.1 Cisco IOS XR 6.5.2 Cisco IOS XR 6.5.3 Cisco IOS XR 6.6.2 Cisco IOS XR 6.6.3 Cisco IOS XR 6.6.25 Cisco IOS XR 6.7.1 Cisco IOS XR 6.7.2 Cisco IOS XR 6.7.3 Cisco IOS XR 6.8.1 Cisco IOS XR 6.8.2 Cisco IOS XR 6.9.1 Cisco IOS XR 6.9.2 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software 9.12 and later, prior to 9.12.4.72 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software 9.14 and later, prior to 9.14.4.28 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software 9.16 and later, prior to 9.16.4.84 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software 9.17.1 and later, prior to 9.18.4.57 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software 9.19.1 and later, prior to 9.19.1.42 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software 9.20.1 and later, prior to 9.20.3.16 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software 9.22 and later, prior to 9.22.2 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software 9.23 and later, prior to 9.23.1.3 Cisco IOS 12.2(15)b and later, prior to 15.9(3)m11 Cisco IOS XE 3.2.0sg and later, prior to 17.17.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.0 and later, prior to 7.0.8 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.1.0 and later, prior to 7.2.10 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.3.0 and later, prior to 7.4.2.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.7.0 and later, prior to 7.7.10 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.6.0
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability in Cisco products allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to targeted web services. This may lead to complete compromise of the affected device.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-20363) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Cisco Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-20363)