CVE-2025-20284
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-07-16
Last updated on: 2025-07-22
Assigner: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Description
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| cisco | identity_services_engine | to 3.3.0 (exc) |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 3.4.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine | 3.4.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | to 3.3.0 (exc) |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | 3.3.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | 3.4.0 |
| cisco | identity_services_engine_passive_identity_connector | 3.4.0 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-74 | The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability exists in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC, where insufficient validation of user-supplied input allows an authenticated remote attacker with valid high-privileged credentials to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as the root user by submitting a crafted API request.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute commands with root privileges on the affected system, potentially leading to full system compromise, unauthorized access to sensitive data, disruption of services, and further attacks within the network.