CVE-2025-20264

Summary

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass the authorization mechanisms for specific administrative functions.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization enforcement mechanisms for users created by SAML SSO integration with an external identity provider. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a series of specific commands to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify a limited number of system settings, including some that would result in a system restart. In single-node Cisco ISE deployments, devices that are not authenticated to the network will not be able to authenticate until the Cisco ISE system comes back online. 

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.0.0affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.0.0 p1affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.0.0 p2affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.0.0 p3affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.0.0 p4affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p1affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.0.0 p5affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p3affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p2affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.0.0 p6affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p4affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p5affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p1affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.0.0 p7affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p6affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p2affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p7affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3.0affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p3affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.0.0 p8affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p4affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p8affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p5affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p6affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p9affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 2affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 1affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 3affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.4.0affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.2.0 p7affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.3 Patch 4affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.4 Patch 1affected
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software3.1.0 p10affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-285: Improper Authorization

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References