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CVE-2025-20185 A vulnerability in the implementation of the remote access functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure…

Description

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Cisco Secure Email 15.5 15.5.0-048 → 15.5.2-018 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email 15.0 15.0.0-104 → 15.0.3-002 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email 14.3.0-032 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email 14.2 14.2.0-620 → 14.2.1-020 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email 14.0.0-698 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email 13.5 13.5.1-277 → 13.5.4-038 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email 13.0 13.0.0-392 → 13.0.5-007 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.5 15.5.1-024 → 15.5.2-005 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 15.0.0-334 No fix stated
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Product Affected versions Fixed in
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.3.0-120 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.2 14.2.0-203 → 14.2.0-224 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.1.0-227 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 14.0.0-404 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.8 13.8.1-052 → 13.8.1-108 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.6 13.6.1-201 → 13.6.2-078 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 13.0 13.0.0-249 → 13.0.0-277 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager 12.8 12.8.1-002 → 12.8.1-021 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Web Appliance 15.2 15.2.0-116 → 15.2.1-011 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Web Appliance 15.1.0-287 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Web Appliance 15.0 15.0.0-322 → 15.0.1-004 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Web Appliance 14.5 14.5.0-498 → 14.5.3-033 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Web Appliance 14.1 14.1.0-032 → 14.1.0-047 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Web Appliance 14.0 14.0.1-014 → 14.0.5-007 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Web Appliance 12.5 12.5.1-011 → 12.5.6-008 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Web Appliance 12.0 12.0.1-268 → 12.0.5-011 No fix stated
Cisco Secure Web Appliance 11.8 11.8.0-414 → 11.8.4-004 No fix stated

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