OS Command Injection in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2025-20292

Vulnerability identifier: #VU114566

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20292

CWE-ID: CWE-78

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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 user 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.

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches
UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects
UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches NX-OS Mode
Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode
Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Nexus 6000 Series Switches
Nexus 5600 Platform Switches
Nexus 5500 Platform Switches
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
UCS X-Series Direct Fabric Interconnect 9108 100G
Nexus 1000 Virtual Edge for VMware vSphere
Cisco NX-OS

Install updates from vendor's website.

UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects - addressed in versions 4.2(3p), 4.3(6a)
UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects - addressed in versions 4.2(3p), 4.3(6a)
UCS X-Series Direct Fabric Interconnect 9108 100G - update to 4.3(6c)
Cisco NX-OS - addressed in versions 4.3(6a), 4.3(6a)UCSM, 4.3(6b), 4.3(6c), 7.3(16)N1(1), 8.4(11), 8.4(12), 9.3(5)I42(3j), 9.3(5)I43(6a), 9.3(5)I43(6a.88), 9.3(5)I43(6b), 9.3(5)I43(6b.1), 9.3(15), 9.4(3b), 9.4(4), 10.2(9), 10.3(7), 10.3(8), 10.4(2)I43(6a), 10.4(2)I43(6a.34), 10.4(5), 10.5(1)I60(1a), 10.5(1)I60(1a.124), 10.5(3), 10.6(1), 16.0(9e), 16.1(4h)

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-qhNze5Ss

• OS Command Injection in Cisco NX-OS