CVE-2025-20337 is a critical improper-input-validation vulnerability in a Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) API. A remote unauthenticated attacker can submit a crafted API request that causes arbitrary code execution on the underlying operating system as root. The issue affects ISE and ISE-PIC 3.3 installations without Patch 7 and 3.4 installations without Patch 2.
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A previously exploited critical vulnerability affecting Cisco Identity Services Engine; no technical details are provided.
A critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine referenced for historical context; it was actively exploited in the wild.
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE/ISE-PIC) critical vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute code as root on the underlying OS.
A max-severity vulnerability in Cisco ISE that was exploited as a zero-day to deploy custom malware.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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