Cisco Vulnerability Alert: Patch or Risk a Root-tastic Catastrophe!
Cisco warns about a critical vulnerability in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC), which could lead to remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2025-20337, this bug has a perfect CVSS score of 10/10. Patches are available, so update faster than a caffeinated squirrel!

Hot Take:
Oh Cisco, you’ve done it again! Just when we thought it was safe to surf the web, you’ve introduced not one, not two, but THREE critical vulnerabilities in your ISE and ISE-PIC systems! It’s the cybersecurity equivalent of leaving your keys in the door with a sign saying, “Please rob me.” Time to patch up those holes before the wannabe hackers get their hands on your valuables!
Key Points:
- Cisco introduces a new critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-20337, in ISE and ISE-PIC with a CVSS score of 10/10.
- The vulnerabilities allow unauthenticated remote code execution, granting attackers root privileges.
- Affected versions are Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC 3.3 and 3.4, fixed in patches 3.3 patch 7 and 3.4 patch 2.
- Additional high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2025-20274, found in Unified Intelligence Center for arbitrary file uploads.
- Cisco has released patches and recommends users update to secure versions immediately.
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