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CVE-2025-20281

Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability



Description

A vulnerability in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as root. The attacker does not require any valid credentials to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted API request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain root privileges on an affected device.

Reserved 2024-10-10 | Published 2025-06-25 | Updated 2025-06-25 | Assigner cisco


CRITICAL: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

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

Product status

Default status
unknown

3.3.0
affected

3.3 Patch 2
affected

3.3 Patch 1
affected

3.3 Patch 3
affected

3.4.0
affected

3.3 Patch 4
affected

3.4 Patch 1
affected

3.3 Patch 5
affected

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/.../cisco-sa-ise-unauth-rce-ZAd2GnJ6 (cisco-sa-ise-unauth-rce-ZAd2GnJ6)

cve.org (CVE-2025-20281)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-20281)

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