ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
CVE-2025-20393: Cisco Multiple Products Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
| Vendor | Cisco |
|---|---|
| Product | Multiple Products |
| Actively exploited | Yes |
| Added to CISA KEV | 17 Dec 2025 |
| CISA federal deadline | 24 Dec 2025 |
| Weakness (CWE) | CWE-20 |
Required action (CISA's text)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description (NVD)
Cisco Secure Email Gateway, Secure Email, AsyncOS Software, and Web Manager appliances contains an improper input validation vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected appliance.
SOURCES
Other Cisco flaws
- CVE-2026-20320: Cisco BroadWorks Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-76418: Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-76519: Cisco Secure Email Gateway Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-76504: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Hex Encoding Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-76460: Cisco Identity Services Engine Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Vulnerability
Data from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Updated 10 Nov 2026.