CVE-2025-20281 — Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection Vulnerability
Severity: Critical · Kind: Vulnerability
What it is
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Who this affects
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What to do
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From the source
Cisco Identity Services Engine. Cisco Identity Services Engine contains an injection vulnerability in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input allowing an attacker to exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted API request. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution and obtaining root privileges on an affected device. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vulnerability facts
- CVE
- CVE-2025-20281
- On CISA KEV since
- 2025-07-28
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
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