⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2025-07-28. Federal agencies required to patch by 2025-08-18. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2025-20337Injection in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software

Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.68%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2025-07-28
Due 2025-08-18
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 16
KEV addedJul 28
KEV dueAug 18
Latest updateNov 14
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

A vulnerability in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as root. The attacker does not require any valid credentials to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted API request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain root privileges on

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2025-07-16
GHSA
GHSA-p9cx-6464-94g4: A vulnerability in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the unde2025-07-16
VulnCheck
Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection Vulnerability2025

🔍Detection Rules

1
Suricata
ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Cisco ISE StrongSwan API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-20337)2025-11-14

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection Vulnerability2025-07-28
Cisco
Cisco Identity Services Engine Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities2025-06-25

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Bleepingcomputer
Hackers exploited Citrix, Cisco ISE flaws in zero-day attacks2025-11-12
Bleepingcomputer
Max severity Cisco ISE bug allows pre-auth command execution, patch now2025-07-17
CVE-2025-20337 — Injection in Cisco | cvebase