CVE-2025-20178 (GCVE-0-2025-20178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-16 16:07 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:28
VLAI
Title
Cisco Secure Network Analytics Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Network Analytics could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid administrative credentials to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient integrity checks within device backup files. An attacker with valid administrative credentials could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious backup file and restoring it to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain shell access on the underlying operating system with the privileges of root.
Severity
6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-17 03:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Assigner
cisco CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 66/100 over 431 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cisco Cisco Secure Network Analytics Affected: 7.5.0
Affected: 7.5.1
Affected: 7.5.2
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