OS Command Injection in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) and Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2025-20220
Published: August 15, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114106
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20220
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the CLI. A local administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-20220
Install updates from vendor's website.