CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-20285

Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data

Published: Jul 16, 2025 | Modified: Jul 22, 2025
CVSS 3.x
4.1
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the IP Access Restriction feature of Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured IP access restrictions and log in to the device from a disallowed IP address.

This vulnerability is due to improper enforcement of access controls that are configured using the IP Access Restriction feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the API from an unauthorized source IP address. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain access to the targeted device from an IP address that should have been restricted. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

Weakness

The authentication scheme or implementation uses key data elements that are assumed to be immutable, but can be controlled or modified by the attacker.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Identity_services_engine Cisco * 3.3.0 (excluding)
Identity_services_engine Cisco 3.3.0 (including) 3.3.0 (including)
Identity_services_engine Cisco 3.3.0-patch1 (including) 3.3.0-patch1 (including)
Identity_services_engine Cisco 3.3.0-patch2 (including) 3.3.0-patch2 (including)
Identity_services_engine Cisco 3.3.0-patch3 (including) 3.3.0-patch3 (including)
Identity_services_engine Cisco 3.3.0-patch4 (including) 3.3.0-patch4 (including)
Identity_services_engine Cisco 3.3.0-patch5 (including) 3.3.0-patch5 (including)
Identity_services_engine Cisco 3.3.0-patch6 (including) 3.3.0-patch6 (including)
Identity_services_engine Cisco 3.4.0 (including) 3.4.0 (including)
Identity_services_engine Cisco 3.4.0-patch1 (including) 3.4.0-patch1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References