CVE-2025-20117
moderate-risk
Published 2025-02-26
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of an affected CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of root.
Do I need to act?
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0.03% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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5
CVSS 5.1/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (1)
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
32/34 · Critical