CVE-2025-20294 Cisco UCS Manager Software Command Injection Vulnerability
Authenticated administrators can inject commands into Cisco UCS Manager to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20294?
CVE-2025-20294 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed), published on 27 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple vulnerabilities in the CLI and web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Manager Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to perform command injection attacks on an affected system and elevate privileges to root. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation of command arguments supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of the affected device with root-level privileges.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20294?
How do I fix CVE-2025-20294?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-20294 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20294 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-66vr-3cp3-25g7.