Cisco ISE Flaws: When Root Access is Just a Patch Away!
Cisco fixed critical ISE flaws that could let remote attackers play hacker dress-up and run code as root. No workarounds—just patches. It’s all fun and games until someone gets root access!
Hot Take:
Looks like Cisco’s Identity Services Engine had a bit of an identity crisis of its own! When your software is so trusting, it lets strangers walk in and run the place, it’s time for a serious patch-up job. Who knew the root of the problem would quite literally be at the root level?
Key Points:
- Cisco released patches for two critical vulnerabilities in ISE and ISE-PIC.
- Vulnerabilities CVE-2025-20281 and CVE-2025-20282 allow remote code execution as root.
- Both vulnerabilities scored a whopping CVSS score of 10.
- No known attacks have been reported exploiting these vulnerabilities.
- Versions 3.3 and 3.4 are the primary victims; earlier versions are safe.
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