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CVE-2025-20281

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
10.0
EPSS
0.97069
Risk score
58.97
CISA KEV
Yes
PoC
No
Published
2025-06-25
Modified
2026-02-26
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2025-19167, GHSA-RC4F-42XM-HVJW
Products
Cisco:Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 1, Cisco:Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 2, Cisco:Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 3, Cisco:Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 4, Cisco:Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 5, Cisco:Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3 Patch 6, Cisco:Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.3.0, Cisco:Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.4 Patch 1, Cisco:Cisco Identity Services Engine Software 3.4.0, Cisco:Identity Services Engine
Sources
cisa.gov CVE-2025-20281
euvd EUVD-2025-19167

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.

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