{"id":50947,"date":"2025-06-10T22:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:20:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-03T03:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:29:05","slug":"cve-2025-2025-20261-critical-vulnerability-in-cisco-imc-ssh-connection-handling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2025-20261-critical-vulnerability-in-cisco-imc-ssh-connection-handling\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2025-2025-20261: Critical Vulnerability in Cisco IMC SSH Connection Handling<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-20261, affecting the SSH connection handling of Cisco IMC for various Cisco UCS servers.
\nThis vulnerability is of significant concern due to the potential for an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to internal services with elevated privileges. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could potentially modify system configurations, create new administrator accounts, or even compromise system integrity, leading to potential data<\/a> leakage.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-20261
\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS 8.8)
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: Low
\nUser Interaction: None
\nImpact: Unauthorized access to internal services with elevated privileges<\/a>, unauthorized system modifications and potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>

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