CVE-2025-20220

Severity
6.0MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 14

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 t

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
CVE-2025-20220: A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could all2025-08-14
GHSA
GHSA-q2qh-qxqj-v3qp: A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could all2025-08-14

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Command Injection Vulnerability2025-08-14
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