CVE-2025-20295 Cisco UCS Manager Software Command Injection Vulnerability
An authenticated local attacker with admin privileges can inject commands to read, create, or overwrite files on the underlying OS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20295?
CVE-2025-20295 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed), published on 27 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco UCS Manager Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to read or create a file or overwrite any file on the file system of the underlying operating system of an affected device, including system files. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or create a file or overwrite any file on the file system of the underlying operating system of the affected device, including system files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials on the affected device.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20295?
How do I fix CVE-2025-20295?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20295 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-2025-20295 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20295 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g93h-9p7r-vhfm.