Local Command Injection Vulnerability in Cisco APIC CLI
CVE-2025-20117

5.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (apic)
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 February 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the CLI of Cisco's APIC which may be exploited by an authenticated local attacker with administrative credentials. The flaw results from inadequate validation of arguments passed to CLI commands. By providing specially crafted inputs, an attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the device's operating system with root privileges. This could lead to unauthorized access and control over the affected device.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) 3.2(8d)

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) 3.2(1m)

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) 3.2(5e)

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/C...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
High
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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