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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Certificate Validation (cisco-sa-catalyst-tls-PqnD5KEJ)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 235484
Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco SD-WAN Viptela Software is affected by a vulnerability.- A vulnerability in certificate validation processing of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly Cisco SD- WAN vManage, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of certificates that are used by the Smart Licensing feature.
An attacker with a privileged network position could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting traffic that is sent over the Internet. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain access to sensitive information, including credentials used by the device to connect to Cisco cloud services. (CVE-2025-20157)
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwm84885See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 235484
File Name: cisco-sa-catalyst-tls-PqnD5KEJ.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 5/7/2025
Updated: 5/7/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20157
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:sd-wan_firmware
Required KB Items: Cisco/Viptela/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-20157