RCE in Cisco Catalyst Center
CVE-2025-20349
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Catalyst Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands in a restricted container as the root user. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in REST API request parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted API request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject arbitrary commands that would then be executed in a restricted container with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Observer.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.5% 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 Catalyst Center
- Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (Dna Center) — versions 1.4.0.0, 2.1.1.0, 2.1.1.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-20349?
- CVE-2025-20349 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-11-13.
- How severe is CVE-2025-20349?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.