CVE-2025-20119 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Authenticated Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
An authenticated local attacker can exploit a race condition to overwrite system files, causing a denial of service on Cisco APIC.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20119?
CVE-2025-20119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the system file permission handling of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite critical system files, which could cause a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to a race condition with handling system files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by doing specific operations on the file system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite system files, which could lead to the device being in an inconsistent state and cause a DoS condition.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20119?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20119?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20119 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-20119 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20119 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
- CVE-2021-1393 Cisco Application Services Engine Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2021-1396 Cisco Application Services Engine Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2021-1577 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Arbitrary File Read and Write Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-20011 Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
- CVE-2021-1578 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-62xm-fg6r-jmpc.