CVE-2025-20341 HIGH

CVE-2025-20341: Cisco Catalyst Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center)
Weakness CWE-284
Published November 13, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform unauthorized modifications to the system, including creating new user accounts or elevating their own privileges on an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Observer.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 13, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated