Vulnerability · Published Aug 27, 2025 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2025-20295Cisco UCS Manager Software Command Injection Vulnerability
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity OS command injection in Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed) from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco UCS Manager Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to read or create a file or overwrite any file on the file system of the underlying operating system of an affected device, including system files. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or create a file or overwrite any file on the file system of the underlying operating system of the affected device, including system files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials on the affected device.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed) | 4.0(1a)4.1(1d)4.0(4f)4.0(4c)4.0(2b)4.1(2a)4.0(4a)4.0(4e) |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N