Cisco’s Firewall Flaw: A Recipe for Remote Code Chaos!
Cisco is sounding the alarm on a critical RCE vulnerability in its Secure Firewall Management Center software. This flaw, scoring a perfect 10, lets sneaky attackers send crafted input during RADIUS authentication, leading to arbitrary shell command execution. Cisco urges users to patch up or switch authentication methods to avoid a firewall fiasco.
Hot Take:
Hold onto your firewalls, folks! Cisco’s latest RCE vulnerability in the RADIUS subsystem of their Secure Firewall Management Center software is the cyber equivalent of leaving your front door wide open, while also handing out free keys! Luckily, Cisco has come to the rescue with a patch, but it turns out that disabling RADIUS authentication might just be the only way to keep those pesky cybercriminals from crashing your firewall party. It’s a good reminder that in the world of cybersecurity, nothing is ever truly secure… not even your firewall’s management center!
Key Points:
- Cisco has identified a severe RCE vulnerability (CVE-2025-20265) in its Secure Firewall Management Center software.
- The vulnerability could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands with elevated privileges.
- RADIUS authentication is the culprit, with the vulnerability affecting versions 7.0.7 and 7.7.0.
- Cisco has released updates and recommends disabling RADIUS authentication as a mitigation.
- Additional fixes for 13 high-severity vulnerabilities were also rolled out.