Cisco has warned of a critical memory corruption vulnerability, CVE-2025-20115, in its IOS XR Software affecting BGP confederation, with a CVSS score of 8.6. Attackers could exploit this to cause denial-of-service conditions by sending specific BGP updates. Organizations are urged to upgrade to safer software versions or implement workarounds to mitigate risks associated with this vulnerability.
A Decade of Cuts in a Matter of Days
The Trump administration is accused of coercing the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—the world’s top public funder of biomedical research—into cancelling numerous active research grants,
