Medium severity · published Nov 13, 2025
CVE-2025-20346
Cisco Catalyst Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
4.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute operations that should require Administrator privileges. The attacker would need valid read-only user credentials.
This vulnerability is due to improper role-based access control (RBAC). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected system and modifying certain policy configurations. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify policy configurations that are reserved for the Administrator role. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Observer.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CD
Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center) · Cisco
2.1.1.0; 2.1.1.3; 2.1.2.0; 2.1.2.3; 2.1.2.5; 2.2.1.0; +34 more · source: vendor
CC
Catalyst Center · Cisco
before 2.3.7.10 · source: NVD
Affected product
CD
Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center)
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20346
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20346
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-privesc-catc-rYjReeLU
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