CVE-2025-20341 Cisco Catalyst Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Authenticated attackers with Observer role can escalate privileges to Administrator via crafted HTTP requests in Cisco Catalyst Center.
- 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-2025-20341?
CVE-2025-20341 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center), published on 13 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform unauthorized modifications to the system, including creating new user accounts or elevating their own privileges on an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Observer.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20341?
How do I fix CVE-2025-20341?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-20341 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20341 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8m7g-q5hf-chf5.