CVE-2025-20112

Cisco Unified Communications Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Medium5.1EPSS 0.14%

Published: 21 May 2025
Updated: 26 Feb 2026
Reserved: 10 Oct 2024
Assigned by: cisco

Description

A vulnerability in multiple Cisco Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to excessive permissions that have been assigned to system commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted shell and gain root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need administrative access to the ESXi hypervisor.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2025-20112, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
ciscoCNA (assigner)	3.1	Medium5.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
NVDNVD · Deferred	3.1	Medium5.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 0.14% · top 96% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

CWE-268: Privilege Chaining (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-268 and its CVEs

Affected products

Cisco · Cisco Emergency Responder
- affected 12.5(1a)
- affected 12.5(1)SU1
- affected 12.5(1)
- affected 12.5(1)SU2
- affected 12.5(1)SU3
- affected 12.5(1)SU4
- affected 14
- affected 12.5(1)SU5
- affected 14SU1
- affected 12.5(1)SU6
- affected 14SU2
- affected 12.5(1)SU7
- affected 14SU3
- affected 12.5(1)SU8
- affected 12.5(1)SU8a
- affected 12.5(1)SU8b
- affected 14SU3a
- affected 15
- affected 15SU1
- affected 15SU1a
- affected 14SU4
- affected 12.5(1)SU9
Cisco · Cisco Finesse
- affected 11.0(1)ES_Rollback
- affected 10.5(1)ES4
- affected 11.6(1)ES3
- affected 11.0(1)ES2
- affected 12.0(1)ES2
- affected 10.5(1)ES3
- affected 11.0(1)
- affected 11.6(1)FIPS
- affected 11.6(1)ES4
- affected 11.0(1)ES3
- affected 10.5(1)ES6
- affected 11.0(1)ES7
- affected 11.5(1)ES4
- affected 10.5(1)ES8
- affected 11.5(1)
- affected 11.6(1)
- affected 10.5(1)ES10
- affected 11.6(1)ES2
- affected 11.6(1)ES
- affected 11.0(1)ES6
- affected 11.0(1)ES4
- affected 12.0(1)
- affected 11.6(1)ES7
- affected 10.5(1)ES7
- affected 11.6(1)ES8
- affected 11.5(1)ES1
- affected 11.6(1)ES1
- affected 11.5(1)ES5
- affected 11.0(1)ES1
- affected 10.5(1)
- affected 11.6(1)ES6
- affected 10.5(1)ES2
- affected 12.0(1)ES1
- affected 11.0(1)ES5
- affected 10.5(1)ES5
- affected 11.5(1)ES3
- affected 11.5(1)ES2
- affected 10.5(1)ES9
- affected 11.6(1)ES5
- affected 11.6(1)ES9
- and 44 more
Cisco · Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment
- affected 11.5(1)
- affected 11.0(1a)
- affected 11.5(1)SU1
- affected 10.5(3)
- affected 12.6(1)
- affected 11.0(1)
- affected 11.6(2)
- affected 12.1(1)
- affected 12.0(1a)
- affected 11.5(3)
- affected 10.5(1)
- affected 12.5(1)
- affected 11.5(2)
- affected 11.6(1)
- affected 10.5(2)
- affected 10.5(3)SU1
- affected 14
- affected 14SU1
- affected 14SU2
- affected 14SU3
- affected 15
- affected 15SU1
- affected 14SU4
Cisco · Cisco SocialMiner
- affected 12.5(1)ES01
- affected 10.5(1)
- affected 11.6(1)
- affected 10.6(1)
- affected 12.0(1)ES04
- affected 10.6(2)
- affected 12.5(1)
- affected 11.6(2)
- affected 12.0(1)
- affected 12.0(1)ES02
- affected 11.0(1)
- affected 11.5(1)
- affected 11.5(1)SU1
- affected 12.0(1)ES03
- affected 12.5(1)SU3
- affected 12.5(1)SU1
- affected 12.5(1)SU2
Cisco · Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- affected 12.5(1)SU2
- affected 12.5(1)SU1
- affected 12.5(1)
- affected 12.5(1)SU3
- affected 12.5(1)SU4
- affected 14
- affected 12.5(1)SU5
- affected 14SU1
- affected 12.5(1)SU6
- affected 14SU2
- affected 12.5(1)SU7
- affected 12.5(1)SU7a
- affected 14SU3
- affected 12.5(1)SU8
- affected 12.5(1)SU8a
- affected 15
- affected 15SU1
- affected 14SU4
- affected 14SU4a
- affected 15SU1a
- affected 12.5(1)SU9
Cisco · Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service
- affected 12.5(1)
- affected 12.5(1)SU1
- affected 12.5(1)SU2
- affected 12.5(1)SU3
- affected 12.5(1)SU4
- affected 14
- affected 12.5(1)SU5
- affected 14SU1
- affected 12.5(1)SU6
- affected 14SU2
- affected 14SU2a
- affected 12.5(1)SU7
- affected 14SU3
- affected 12.5(1)SU8
- affected 15
- affected 15SU1
- affected 14SU4
- affected 12.5(1)SU9
Cisco · Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
- affected 10.5(1)SU1
- affected 10.6(1)
- affected 11.6(1)
- affected 10.6(1)SU1
- affected 10.6(1)SU3
- affected 11.6(2)
- affected 12.0(1)
- affected 10.0(1)SU1
- affected 11.0(1)SU1
- affected 11.5(1)SU1
- affected 10.5(1)
- affected 12.5(1)
- affected 12.5(1)SU1
- affected 12.5(1)SU2
- affected 12.5(1)SU3
- affected 12.5(1)_SU03_ES01
- affected 12.5(1)_SU03_ES02
- affected 12.5(1)_SU02_ES03
- affected 12.5(1)_SU02_ES04
- affected 12.5(1)_SU02_ES02
- affected 12.5(1)_SU01_ES02
- affected 12.5(1)_SU01_ES03
- affected 12.5(1)_SU02_ES01
- affected 11.6(2)ES07
- affected 11.6(2)ES08
- affected 12.5(1)_SU01_ES01
- affected 12.0(1)ES04
- affected 12.5(1)ES02
- affected 12.5(1)ES03
- affected 11.6(2)ES06
- affected 12.5(1)ES01
- affected 12.0(1)ES03
- affected 12.0(1)ES01
- affected 11.6(2)ES05
- affected 12.0(1)ES02
- affected 11.6(2)ES04
- affected 11.6(2)ES03
- affected 11.6(2)ES02
- affected 11.6(2)ES01
- affected 10.6(1)SU3ES03
- and 21 more
Cisco · Cisco Unified Intelligence Center
- affected 11.6(1)
- affected 10.5(1)
- affected 11.0(1)
- affected 11.5(1)
- affected 12.0(1)
- affected 12.5(1)
- affected 11.0(2)
- affected 12.6(1)
- affected 12.5(1)SU
- affected 12.6(1)_ET
- affected 12.6(1)_ES05_ET
- affected 11.0(3)
- affected 12.6(2)
- affected 12.6(2)_504_Issue_ET
- affected 12.6.1_ExcelIssue_ET
- affected 12.6(2)_Permalink_ET
- affected 12.6.2_CSCwk19536_ET
- affected 12.6.2_CSCwm96922_ET
- affected 12.6.2_Amq_OOS_ET
- affected 12.5(2)ET_CSCwi79933
- affected 12.6(2)_ET
- affected 12.6.2_CSCwn48501_ET
Cisco · Cisco Unity Connection
- affected 12.5(1)
- affected 12.5(1)SU1
- affected 12.5(1)SU2
- affected 12.5(1)SU3
- affected 12.5(1)SU4
- affected 14
- affected 12.5(1)SU5
- affected 14SU1
- affected 12.5(1)SU6
- affected 14SU2
- affected 12.5(1)SU7
- affected 14SU3
- affected 12.5(1)SU8
- affected 14SU3a
- affected 12.5(1)SU8a
- affected 15
- affected 15SU1
- affected 14SU4
- affected 12.5(1)SU9
Cisco · Cisco Virtualized Voice Browser
- affected 11.0(1)
- affected 11.6(1)_ES84
- affected 11.5(1)_ES54
- affected 11.5(1)_ES27
- affected 11.5(1)
- affected 11.5(1)ES36
- affected 12.0(1)_ES01
- affected 11.6(1)_ES85
- affected 12.5(1)_ES05
- affected 11.5(1)_ES32
- affected 11.6(1)_ES83
- affected 11.5(1)_ES29
- affected 12.0(1)_ES06
- affected 12.5(1)
- affected 12.0(1)_ES07
- affected 11.6(1)_ES80
- affected 12.0(1)_ES05
- affected 11.5(1)_ES36
- affected 11.5(1)_ES53
- affected 12.5(1)_ES08
- affected 11.5(1)ES43
- affected 12.0(1)_ES03
- affected 11.6(1)_ES86
- affected 12.0(1)_ES04
- affected 11.5(1)ES27
- affected 12.5(1)_ES03
- affected 11.6(1)_ES88
- affected 12.5(1)_ES06
- affected 11.6(1)_ES82
- affected 11.6(1)
- affected 11.5(1)ES29
- affected 12.5(1)_ES04
- affected 12.5(1)_ES07
- affected 11.6(1)_ES87
- affected 11.6(1)_ES81
- affected 12.0(1)
- affected 11.6(1)_ES22
- affected 11.5(1)_ES43
- affected 11.5(1)ES32
- affected 12.0(1)_ES02
- and 53 more

What to do

Exploitation: The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

References (1)

cisco-sa-cucm-kkhZbHR5 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 26 Feb 2026, 18:28 UTC.