CVE-2025-20393

unknown KEV

Published 2025-12-17 · Modified 2025-12-17

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

1.5

Description

Cisco Secure Email Gateway, Secure Email, AsyncOS Software, and Web Manager appliances contains an improper input validation vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected appliance.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Cisco
Product: Multiple Products
Due date: 2025-12-24

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — Please adhere to Cisco's guidelines to assess exposure and mitigate risks. Check for signs of potential compromise on all internet accessible Cisco products affected by this vulnerability. Apply any final mitigations provided by the vendor as soon as they become available. For more information please see: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sma-attack-N9bf4 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20393

Exploits

References

Please adhere to Cisco's guidelines to assess exposure and mitigate risks. Check for signs of potential compromise on all internet accessible Cisco products affected by this vulnerability. Apply any final mitigations provided by the vendor as soon as they become available. For more information please see: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sma-attack-N9bf4 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20393

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.