# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-66vr-3cp3-25g7

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2025-20294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-20294 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20294/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20294/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20294
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20294
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-20294

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20294/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.