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CVE-2025-20124

Published: Feb 5, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

9.9

CRITICAL

Description

A vulnerability in an API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied Java byte streams by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object to an affected API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device and elevate privileges. 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.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Identity Services Engine Software

affected
3.0.0
affected
3.0.0 p1
affected
3.0.0 p2
affected
3.0.0 p3
affected
3.1.0

+26 more versions

Cisco

Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector

affected
3.0.0
affected
3.2.0
affected
3.1.0
affected
3.3.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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