vulnerability

Cisco ISE: CVE-2025-20281: Cisco Identity Services Engine Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 25, 2025
Added
Jul 29, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solution

cisco-ise-upgrade-latest
Title
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