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CVE-2025-20185

A vulnerability in the implementation of the remote access functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Cisco Secure Email Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials.

This vulnerability is due to an architectural flaw in the password generation algorithm for the remote access functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a temporary password for the service account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root and access the underlying operating system. Note: The Security Impact Rating (SIR) for this vulnerability is Medium due to the unrestricted scope of information that is accessible to an attacker.

  • Published: Feb 5, 2025
  • Updated: Aug 7, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2025-20185
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.7
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
cisco / asyncos 13.0.0-392 13.0.0-392.x
cisco / asyncos 13.0.5-007 13.0.5-007.x
cisco / asyncos 13.5.1-277 13.5.1-277.x
cisco / asyncos 13.5.4-038 13.5.4-038.x
cisco / asyncos 14.0.0-698 14.0.0-698.x
cisco / asyncos 14.2.0-620 14.2.0-620.x
cisco / asyncos 14.2.1-020 14.2.1-020.x
cisco / asyncos 14.3.0-032 14.3.0-032.x
cisco / asyncos 15.0.0-104 15.0.0-104.x
cisco / asyncos 15.0.1-030 15.0.1-030.x
cisco / asyncos 15.0.3-002 15.0.3-002.x
cisco / asyncos 15.5.0-048 15.5.0-048.x
cisco / asyncos 15.5.1-055 15.5.1-055.x
cisco / asyncos 15.5.2-018 15.5.2-018.x