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CVE-2025-20220

Published: Aug 14, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.0

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting operating system commands into a legitimate command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted command prompt and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials. For more information about vulnerable scenarios, see the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Firepower Management Center

affected
7.2.6
affected
7.2.7
affected
7.2.8
affected
7.2.8.1
affected
7.2.9

+5 more versions

Cisco

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software

affected
7.2.6
affected
7.2.7
affected
7.2.8
affected
7.2.8.1
affected
7.2.9

+5 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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