RCE in Cisco Duo

CVE-2025-20258

A vulnerability in the self-service portal of Cisco Duo could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands into emails that are sent by the service. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary commands into a portion of an email that is sent by the service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send emails that contain malicious content to unsuspecting users.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.002 (15.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20258?
CVE-2025-20258 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Duo, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-20258?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.