CVE-2025-20125 Cisco Identity Services Engine Insufficient Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
Authenticated attackers with read-only credentials can bypass authorization to access sensitive data, modify configurations, and restart nodes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20125?
CVE-2025-20125 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine, published on 5 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in an API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid read-only credentials to obtain sensitive information, change node configurations, and restart the node. This vulnerability is due to a lack of authorization in a specific API and improper validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a specific API on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to attacker to obtain information, modify system configuration, and reload the device. Note: To successfully exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid read-only administrative credentials. In a single-node deployment, new devices will not be able to authenticate during the reload time.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20125?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Identity Services Engine.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20125?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20125 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-20125 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20125 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine
- CVE-2026-76460 Cisco Identity Services Engine Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
- CVE-2025-20337 Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection
- CVE-2025-20281 Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection
- CVE-2026-20130 Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardening Release - Improper Neutralization Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2026-20192 Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardening Release - Access Control Vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hrpp-92f9-h887.