CVE-2025-20281
Act now ● On CISA KEV — actively exploited
Actively exploited — on the CISA KEV list.
CVSS base
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EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
97.2%
99.9th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed
Added 2025-07-28 · patch by 2025-08-18
Weakness / dates
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Published — · modified —
Timeline
- 2025-07-28 — Added to CISA KEV (actively exploited)
- 2025-08-18 — CISA patch-by deadline
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.