CVE-2025-20308 Cisco Spaces Connector Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
An authenticated local attacker can execute arbitrary commands as root via crafted CLI parameters in Cisco Spaces Connector.
- 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-2025-20308?
CVE-2025-20308 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco DNA Spaces Connector, published on 2 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in Cisco Spaces Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the Cisco Spaces Connector CLI as the spacesadmin user and executing a specific command with crafted parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges from the spacesadmin user and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20308?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Spaces Connector.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20308?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20308 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-2025-20308 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20308 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4px3-h2gc-v24p.