CVE-2025-20284

Cisco Identity Services Engine Authenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Jul 16, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Reserved
Oct 10, 2024

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Description

A vulnerability in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as root.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker with valid credentials could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted API request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid high-privileged credentials.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Ncisco

Weaknesses

  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco Identity Services Engine SoftwareCisco
  • 3.3.0Affected
  • 3.3 Patch 2Affected
  • 3.3 Patch 1Affected
  • 3.3 Patch 3Affected
  • 3.4.0Affected
  • 3.3 Patch 4Affected
  • 3.4 Patch 1Affected
  • 3.3 Patch 5Affected
  • 3.3 Patch 6Affected

References

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