CVE-2025-20281 — Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2025-20281: Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection Vulnerability
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
| Vendor / project | Cisco |
| Product | Identity Services Engine |
| Date added | 2025-07-28 |
| Due date | 2025-08-18 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
Description
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 (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-unauth-rce-ZAd2GnJ6 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20281
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20281
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog