What is CVE-2025-20117?

CVE-2025-20117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Application_policy_infrastructure_controller, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2025-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-20117?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Application_policy_infrastructure_controller

CVE-2025-20117

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must hav…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.002 (6.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Application_policy_infrastructure_controller — versions 3.2\(1l\), 3.2\(1m\), 3.2\(2l\)
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Apic) — versions 3.2(8d), 3.2(1m), 3.2(5e)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20117?: CVE-2025-20117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Application_policy_infrastructure_controller, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-20117?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.