Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2025· Updated Feb 26, 2026
Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-20281
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.
Affected products
1- Cisco/Cisco Identity Services Engine Softwarev5Range: 3.3.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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