CVE-2025-20308 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-20308: Cisco Spaces Connector Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco DNA Spaces Connector
Weakness CWE-78
Published July 2, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

6.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Spaces Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the Cisco Spaces Connector CLI as the spacesadmin user and executing a specific command with crafted parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges from the spacesadmin user and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 2, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated