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Multiple Cisco Identity Services Engine Vulnerabilities

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2025-20124 CVSS:9.9

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by the insecure deserialization of user-supplied Java byte streams.

CVE-2025-20125 CVSS:9.1

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a lack of authorization in a specific API and improper validation of user-supplied data.

Impact

  • Security Bypass
  • Gain Access

Indicators of Compromise

CVE

  • CVE-2025-20124

  • CVE-2025-20125

Affected Vendors

  • Cisco

Affected Products

  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software - 3.0.0 - 3.0.0 p1 - 3.0.0 p2 - 3.0.0 p3 - 3.1.0 - 3.0.0 p4
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software - 3.1.0 p1 - 3.0.0 p5 - 3.1.0 p3 - 3.1.0 p2 - 3.0.0 p6 - 3.2.0
  • Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector - 3.0.0 - 3.2.0 - 3.1.0 - 3.3.0
  • Cisco Identity Services Engine Software - 3.1.0 p8 - 3.2.0 p5 - 3.2.0 p6 - 3.1.0 p9 - 3.3 Patch 2 - 3.3 Patch 1 - 3.3 Patch 3

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Identity Services Engine, available from the Cisco Website.

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