Cisco UCS Manager Command Injection (cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-qhNze5Ss)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 375171

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco UCS Manager is affected by a vulnerability.

- A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute a command injection attack on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid user credentials on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering crafted input as the argument of an affected CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and write files on the underlying operating system with the privileges of a non-root user account. File system access is limited to the permissions that are granted to that non-root user account.
(CVE-2025-20292)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwm88173, CSCwn39942, CSCwn39953, CSCwn39955, CSCwn39957, CSCwn39958, CSCwo71696

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 375171

File Name: cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-qhNze5Ss-ucs.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/2/2026

Updated: 11/3/2026

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.96

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20292

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:unified_computing_system

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/cisco_ucs_manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-20292

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-qhNze5Ss

IAVA: 2025-A-0635

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwm88173, CSCwn39942, CSCwn39953, CSCwn39955, CSCwn39957, CSCwn39958, CSCwo71696

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