SB2025020551 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine
Published: February 5, 2025 Updated: June 20, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Deserialization of untrusted data (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20124)
CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote user with read-only administrative credentials can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected API endpoint and execute arbitrary code on the target system with root privileges.
2) Improper authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20125)
CWE-ID: CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization in certain API endpoint. A remote user with read-only administrative privileges can send a specially crated HTTP request and obtain sensitive information, change node configurations, and restart the node.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.