{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20185 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-20185 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos, published on 5 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-20185 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-20185 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos, published on 5 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20185 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Cisco Asyncos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20185/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-20185","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20185/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-20185","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6wm7-ghvr-4m2g"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cisco Secure Email/Web","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"An authenticated local attacker can elevate privileges to root by exploiting a flaw in the remote access password generation algorithm.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"cisco","cpe":[{"product":"asyncos","vendor":"cisco"}],"cvss":{"score":3.4,"severity":"low","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-250","name":"Execution with Unnecessary Privileges"}],"description":"A vulnerability in the implementation of the remote access functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Cisco Secure Email Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to an architectural flaw in the password generation algorithm for the remote access functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a temporary password for the service account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root and access the underlying operating system.\r\nNote: The Security Impact Rating (SIR) for this vulnerability is Medium due to the unrestricted scope of information that is accessible to an attacker.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Secure Email Gateway, and Secure Web Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-20185","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"cisco:asyncos","products":["cisco:asyncos"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Command injection in Cisco IOS XE Software","id":"CVE-2025-20186"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Secure Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-20184"},"products":["Cisco Secure Email","Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager","Cisco Secure Web Appliance"],"published":"2025-02-05","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Cisco Multiple Products Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2025-20393","kev_date_added":"2025-12-17","published":"2025-12-17"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco Secure Email Gateway Relative Path Traversal","id":"CVE-2026-76519","kev_date_added":"2026-10-14","published":"2026-10-14"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2026-76461","kev_date_added":"2026-09-14","published":"2026-09-14"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in Cisco Secure Web Appliance","id":"CVE-2024-20435","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-07-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cisco Web Security Appliance Unauthorized Device Reset Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2019-15956","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-11-26"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Cisco Web Security Appliance Proxy Service Denial of Service Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-34698","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-10-06"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Cisco Email Security Appliance Denial of Service Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2019-1947","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-09-23"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-02-05","vendors":["Cisco"]},"summary":"An authenticated local attacker can elevate privileges to root by exploiting a flaw in the remote access password generation algorithm.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20185/"}