[Vulnerability Alert] Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CVE-2025-20261)

publish date : 2025-06-10 update date : 2025-06-10

Source: Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform


Publication Number	TACERT-ANA-2025060609060707	Publication Time	2025/06/06 09:03
Incident Type	ANA-Vulnerability Alert	Discovery Time	2025/06/06 09:03
Impact Level	Low
[Subject] [Vulnerability Alert] Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CVE-2025-20261)
[Content] Forwarded from TWCERTCC-200-202506-00000002 Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) is a management tool designed specifically for Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) servers, enabling remote monitoring, configuration, and administration. A recently disclosed critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-20261, CVSS: 8.8) affects the SSH connection handling in IMC. This flaw allows authenticated remote attackers to escalate their privileges and gain access to internal services. Information Sharing Level: WHITE (Information content can be publicly disclosed)
[Affected Platform] UCS B-Series Blade Servers UCS C-Series Rack Servers UCS S-Series Storage Servers UCS X-Series Modular System
[Recommended Actions] Please refer to Cisco’s official advisory for updates: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucs-ssh-priv-esc-2mZDtdjM
[Reference] https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-169-10165-f0f9c-1.html

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