Check Point Advisories

Cisco Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-20281)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2025-0489
Date Published: 30 Jun 2025
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 30 June, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2025-20281
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.3.0
Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.3.0 patch1
Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.3.0 patch2
Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.3.0 patch3
Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.3.0 patch4
Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.3.0 patch5
Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.4.0
Cisco Identity Services Engine 3.4.0 patch1
Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector 3.3.0
Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector 3.3.0 patch1
Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector 3.3.0 patch2
Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector 3.3.0 patch3
Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector 3.3.0 patch4
Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector 3.3.0 patch5
Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector 3.4.0
Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector 3.4.0 patch1
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Cisco products due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in a specific API. Exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-20281) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Cisco Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-20281)

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