Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Authenticated Command Injection Vulnerability (Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC))

CVE-2025-20117

MEDIUM 5.1

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 8 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2025-02-26 16:11 UTC
Updated: 2025-02-27 15:16 UTC
Assigner: cisco
NVD status: Analyzed

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Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of an affected CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of root.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apic-multi-vulns-9ummtg5

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N	cisco
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N	NVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-5299
GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-20117

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(1l\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(1m\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(2l\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(2o\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(3i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(3j\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(3n\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(3o\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(3r\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(3s\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(4d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(4e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(5d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(5e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(5f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(6i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(7f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(7k\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(8d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(9b\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(9f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(9h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(10e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(10f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(10g\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:3.2\(41d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.0\(1h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.0\(2c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.0\(3c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.0\(3d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(1i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(1j\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(1k\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(1l\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(2g\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(2m\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(2o\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(2s\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:4.1\(2u\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Affected products

Product	Versions
Cisco · Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)	affected 3.2(8d) ; affected 3.2(1m) ; affected 3.2(5e) ; affected 4.1(2m) ; affected 3.2(41d) ; affected 3.2(3s)

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

🟡 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Authenticated Command Injection Vulnerability (Cisco Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC))