CVE-2025-20125

Cisco Identity Services Engine Insufficient Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
Critical 9.1
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.164
96.8th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Vendor-published field
Published
Feb 5, 2025
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in an API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid read-only credentials to obtain sensitive information, change node configurations, and restart the node. This vulnerability is due to a lack of authorization in a specific API and improper validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a specific API on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to attacker to obtain information, modify system configuration, and reload the device. Note: To successfully exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid read-only administrative credentials. In a single-node deployment, new devices will not be able to authenticate during the reload time.

Weakness: CWE-285

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector Identity / IAM / MFA cna-assigner
Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Identity / IAM / MFA cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
  • Cisco · Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector

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