CVE-2025-20341

Cisco Catalyst Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Nov 13, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected system.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform unauthorized modifications to the system, including creating new user accounts or elevating their own privileges on an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Observer.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco catalyst Center
Cisco digital Network Architecture Center
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco catalyst Center
Cisco digital Network Architecture Center
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform unauthorized modifications to the system, including creating new user accounts or elevating their own privileges on an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Observer.
Title Cisco Catalyst Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Feb 26, 2026, 4:57 PM
Reserved
Oct 10, 2024, 7:15 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 13, 2025, 5:15 PM
Modified
Oct 18, 2026, 8:10 PM