CVE-2025-20117 describes a command injection vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). This flaw allows an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system due to insufficient validation of CLI command arguments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2\(1l\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(1l\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(1m\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(1m\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(2l\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(2l\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(2o\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(2o\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(3i\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(3i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
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