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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2025-20281

Change History

New CVE Received from Cisco Systems, Inc. 6/25/2025 12:15:26 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added 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.
Added CVSS V3.1

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

								
							
							
						
CWE-74
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-unauth-rce-ZAd2GnJ6