CVE-2025-20220
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting operating system commands into a legitimate command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted command prompt and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials. For more information about vulnerable scenarios, see the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory.
EPSS 0.02% · 6.3th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Firepower Management Center | 7.6.0, 7.2.6, 7.2.7 |
| Cisco | Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software | 7.4.2, 7.2.6, 7.2.7 |
Exploit Intelligence
- cisco-sa-fmc-ftd-cmdinj-PhE7kmT (circl)
Timeline
- Oct 10, 2024 CVE ID Reserved
- Aug 14, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Aug 14, 2025 CVE Published
- Aug 15, 2025 EPSS Score
- Aug 15, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Aug 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Aug 31, 2025 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2025 EPSS Score
- Sep 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Sep 25, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 3, 2025 EPSS Score