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CVE-2025-20281 — Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection Vulnerability

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Cisco Identity Services Engine

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Added on 2025-07-28, federal remediation due 2025-08-18. Cisco Identity Services Engine contains an injection vulnerability in a specific API of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input allowing an attacker to exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted API request. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution and obtaining root privileges on an affected device.

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

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