CVE-2025-20283
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-74
- EPSS score
- 9.9% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2025-21712)
- Published
- July 16, 2025
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Analyzed
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-21712 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on February 26, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
- cisco / identity services engine passive identity connector
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) V3.3 - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11517-2025 - active
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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