CVE-2025-20346 Cisco Catalyst Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Authenticated attackers with Observer credentials can escalate privileges to modify Administrator-only policy configurations 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-2025-20346?
CVE-2025-20346 is a medium-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 could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute operations that should require Administrator privileges. The attacker would need valid read-only user credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper role-based access control (RBAC). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected system and modifying certain policy configurations. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify policy configurations that are reserved for the Administrator role. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Observer.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20346?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Catalyst Center.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20346?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20346 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-20346 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20346 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center)
- CVE-2021-1264 Cisco DNA Center Command Runner Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-20055 Cisco DNA Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1265 Cisco DNA Center Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-20191 Cisco Catalyst Center Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-20350 Cisco Catalyst Center Static SSH Host Key Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9w3p-45c2-rmjv.