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CVE-2025-20282: Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 38.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2025-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
A vulnerability in an internal API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to an affected device and then execute those files on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due a lack of file validation checks that would prevent uploaded files from being placed in privileged directories on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted file to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to store malicious files on the affected system and then execute arbitrary code or obtain root privileges on the system.
Affected products
- Cisco Identity Services Engine: 3.4.0, 3.4.0-patch1
- Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector: 3.4.0, 3.4.0-patch1
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