What is CVE-2025-20178?

CVE-2025-20178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Network Analytics, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2025-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2025-20178?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Network Analytics

CVE-2025-20178

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Network Analytics could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid administrative credentials to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating s…

EPSS: 0.003 (24.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Secure Network Analytics — versions 7.5.0, 7.5.1, 7.5.2
Cisco Secure_network_analytics — versions 7.5.0, 7.5.1, 7.5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20178?: CVE-2025-20178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Network Analytics, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2025-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-20178?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.