What is CVE-2025-20269?

CVE-2025-20269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (Epnm), classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2025-20269?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (Epnm)

CVE-2025-20269

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) and Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, remote attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the underlying file system on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation for specific HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to the web-based management interface on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files from the affected device.

Published 2025-08-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (Epnm) — versions 7.0.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2.1
Cisco Prime Infrastructure — versions 3.10.0, 3.10.2, 3.10.3
Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager — versions 8.0.0, 8.1.0
Cisco Prime Infrastructure — versions 3.10.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-… (Vendor Advisory)
bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvd36820 (Permissions Required, Product)
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-… (Not Applicable)
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x (Not Applicable)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20269?: CVE-2025-20269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (Epnm), classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-20269?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.