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CVE-2025-20393NVD

Vulnerability Summary

A vulnerability in the Spam Quarantine feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device with root privileges.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of HTTP requests by the Spam Quarantine feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.
Severity Level
CRITICAL(10.0)
Published Date
Dec 17, 2025
Last Modified
Jan 16, 2026
Exploitation Status
ACTIVE
EPSS Score (30-Day)
Data Pending
Root Weakness (CWE)
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 10.0 (CRITICAL)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
  • Cisco Asyncos < 15.0.5-016
  • Cisco Asyncos >= 15.5 and < 15.5.4-012
  • Cisco Asyncos >= 16.0 and < 16.0.4-016
  • Cisco Asyncos < 15.0.2-007
  • Cisco Asyncos >= 15.5 and < 15.5.4-007
  • Cisco Asyncos >= 16.0 and < 16.0.4-010
Patched Versions
  • Cisco Asyncos 15.0.5-016
  • Cisco Asyncos 15.5.4-012
  • Cisco Asyncos 16.0.4-016
  • Cisco Asyncos 15.0.2-007
  • Cisco Asyncos 15.5.4-007
  • Cisco Asyncos 16.0.4-010
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