CVE-2025-20269 Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager and Prime Infrastructure Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published 20 Aug 2025 Updated 20 Aug 2025

Authenticated low-privileged attackers can retrieve arbitrary files from the underlying file system via crafted HTTP requests.

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-2025-20269?

CVE-2025-20269 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager, published on 20 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) and Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, remote attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the underlying file system on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation for specific HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to the web-based management interface on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files from the affected device.

Weakness: CWE-73

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20269?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager, Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20269?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20269 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2025-20269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-r7w7-cc49-wgv3.