CVE-2025-20117
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CVE-2025-20117 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.7/10 on the CVSS scale. A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of an affected CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of root.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(1l\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(1m\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(2l\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(2o\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(3i\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(3j\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(3n\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(3o\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(3r\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(3s\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(4d\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(4e\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(5d\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(5e\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(5f\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(6i\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(7f\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(7k\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(8d\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(9b\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(9f\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(9h\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(10e\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(10f\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(10g\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 3.2\(41d\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.0\(1h\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.0\(2c\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.0\(3c\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.0\(3d\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(1a\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(1i\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(1j\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(1k\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(1l\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(2g\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(2m\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(2o\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(2s\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(2u\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(2w\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.1\(2x\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.2\(1g\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.2\(1i\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.2\(1j\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.2\(1l\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.2\(2e\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.2\(2f\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.2\(2g\) |
| Cisco | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller | 4.2\(3j\) |
Showing 50 of 128 affected configurations. See NVD for the full list.
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