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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2025-20178

Change History

New CVE Received from Cisco Systems, Inc. 4/16/2025 12:15:29 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

								
							
							
						
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Network Analytics could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid administrative credentials to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system.


This vulnerability is due to insufficient integrity checks within device backup files. An attacker with valid administrative credentials could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious backup file and restoring it to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain shell access on the underlying operating system with the privileges of root.
Added CVSS V3.1

								
							
							
						
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Added CWE

								
							
							
						
CWE-347
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sna-prvesc-4BQmK33Z