CVE-2025-20282

Identity Services Engine vulnerability

CVSS

10.0

EPSS

11.2%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

A vulnerability in an internal API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to an affected device and then execute those files on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due a lack of file validation checks that would prevent uploaded files from being placed in privileged directories on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted file to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to store malicious files on the affected system and then execute arbitrary code or obtain root privileges on the system.

Affected vendor

Cisco

Affected product

Identity Services Engine

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Published

2025-06-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2025-20282

Confirm whether Cisco Identity Services Engine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2025-20282.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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