CVE-2025-20220

MEDIUM EPSS 5.7%
Published Aug 14, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.0 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 14, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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 to escape the restricted command prompt and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials. For more information about vulnerable scenarios, see the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.0
Exploitability
0.8
Impact
5.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
5.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection

References 1

  • sec.cloudapps.cisco.com https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-ftd-cmdinj-PhE7kmT

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.