Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication
CVE-2025-20337

Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection Vulnerability

A vulnerability in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as root. The attacker does not require any valid credentials to…

CheckOps priority index
8.6/10 Patch within 24 h
Severity10.0
Probability7.4
Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 74.5% higher than 99.5% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:
Exploited for 463 days 28 Jul 2025
CISA due date 18 Aug 2025 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010025 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)28 Jul 2025
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)28 Jul 2025
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %74.5%
  • No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

A vulnerability in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system as root. The attacker does not require any valid credentials to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted API request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain root privileges on an affected device.

Affected products

Cisco Identity Services Engine SoftwareCisco ISE Passive Identity ConnectorIdentity Services Engine
Affected versions
  • 3.3 Patch 4
  • 3.3.0
  • 3.3 Patch 3
  • 3.3 Patch 5
  • 3.2.0
  • 3.1.0
  • 3.4.0
  • 3.4 Patch 1
  • 3.3 Patch 6
  • 3.3 Patch 1
  • 3.3 Patch 2
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

  5. EPSS peak: 74.5%

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

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  • CVE-2026-76519Cisco Secure Email Gateway Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability
    5.8 · Rising fast
  • CVE-2026-76504Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Hex Encoding Vulnerability
    7.5 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-76460Cisco Identity Services Engine Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Vulnerability
    8.7 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-76461Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability
    7.2 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-20079Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
    9.1 · Actively exploited

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities