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【Vulnerability Alert】Cisco Firewall Systems Contain a Critical Information Security Vulnerability (CVE-2025-20265)

publish date : 2025-08-25 update date : 2025-08-25

Source: Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform

Publication Number TACERT-ANA-2025081811082424 Publication Time 2025/08/18 11:16
Incident Type ANA-Vulnerability Alert Discovery Time 2025/08/18 11:16
Impact Level Low  
[Subject]
【Vulnerability Alert】Cisco Firewall Systems Contain a Critical Information Security Vulnerability (CVE-2025-20265)
[Content]
Forwarded from TWCERTCC-200-202508-00000011

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) is a centralized management platform used for unified management and monitoring of Cisco firewall products. It provides a complete threat defense overview and supports policy formulation, event analysis, traffic monitoring, and device configuration functions.

Cisco released a critical information security vulnerability announcement (CVE-2025-20265, CVSS: 10.0) and issued updated versions. This vulnerability exists in the RADIUS authentication process, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary shell commands and cause the device to execute them.

Information Sharing Level: WHITE (Information content can be publicly disclosed)
[Affected Platform]
Cisco Firewall Management Center (FMC) versions 7.0.7, 7.7.0 with RADIUS authentication enabled
[Recommended Actions]
Apply the fix according to the solution released on the official website: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-radius-rce-TNBKf79
[Reference]
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-169-10326-bd2b5-1.html
(This notification is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a cybersecurity incident).
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Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform
Website: https://info.cert.tanet.edu.tw/
Phone: +886-7-5250211
Internet Phone: 98400000
E-Mail: service@cert.tanet.edu.tw
Organizer: Computer Center
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