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Cisco Unified Communications Products Command Injection Vulnerability
cisco-sa-vos-command-inject-65s2UCYy · Cisco · June 4, 2025
Summary
A vulnerability in the CLI of multiple Cisco Unified Communications products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device as the root user.
This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the CLI of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
From Cisco (vendor's own words, quoted), quoted as published. Check the source before acting.
What to do
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
Vendor fix or mitigation, quoted from the advisory.
Each CVE in this advisory
| CVE | Severity | Known exploited | Exploit likelihood |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-20278 | 6.0 medium | No | 0.2% |
Severity from the advisory (CVSS), known exploitation from CISA's catalog, exploit likelihood from EPSS (next 30 days).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Unity Connection |
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Communications Manager |
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Contact Center Express |
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service |
| Cisco | Cisco Finesse |
| Cisco | Cisco SocialMiner |
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Intelligence Center |
| Cisco | Cisco Virtualized Voice Browser |
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Change history
- June 4, 2025: Initial public release.
- November 9, 2026: First collected by Watch
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