Cisco Secure Network Analytics API Authorization Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
A vulnerability in an API subsystem of Cisco Secure Network Analytics Manager and Cisco Secure Network Analytics Virtual Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to generate fraudulent findings that are used to generate alarms and alerts on an affected product. Thi vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization enforcement on a specific API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating as a low-privileged user and performing API calls with crafted input. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obfuscate legitimate findings in analytics reports or create false indications with alarms and alerts on an affected device.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-20257
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g6hf-3766-f3gv
References
Advisory 1
More Cisco Secure Network Analytics vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-05356 Cisco Secure Network Analytics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-06809 Cisco Secure Network Analytics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-14554 Cisco Secure Network Analytics Manager Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-14478 Cisco Secure Network Analytics Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-06810 Cisco Secure Network Analytics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2022-05222 Secure Network Analytics Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-20257 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-20257 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g6hf-3766-f3gv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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