Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller up to 6.1(1f) System CLI Command improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component System CLI Command Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-20118. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component System CLI Command Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-212. The product stores, transfers, or shares a resource that contains sensitive information, but it does not properly remove that information before the product makes the resource available to unauthorized actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the implementation of the internal system processes of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient masking of sensitive information that is displayed through system CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using reconnaissance techniques at the device CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device that could be used for additional attacks. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-20118 since 10/10/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216917 (Cisco APIC Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-apic-multi-vulns-9ummtg5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216917). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Application Policy Infrastructure Controller

Version

• 3.2(1l)
• 3.2(1m)
• 3.2(2l)
• 3.2(2o)
• 3.2(3i)
• 3.2(3j)
• 3.2(3n)
• 3.2(3o)
• 3.2(3r)
• 3.2(3s)
• 3.2(4d)
• 3.2(4e)
• 3.2(5d)
• 3.2(5e)
• 3.2(5f)
• 3.2(6i)
• 3.2(7f)
• 3.2(7k)
• 3.2(8d)
• 3.2(9b)
• 3.2(9f)
• 3.2(9h)
• 3.2(10e)
• 3.2(10f)
• 3.2(10g)
• 3.2(41d)
• 4.0(1h)
• 4.0(2c)
• 4.0(3c)
• 4.0(3d)
• 4.1(1a)
• 4.1(1i)
• 4.1(1j)
• 4.1(1k)
• 4.1(1l)
• 4.1(2g)
• 4.1(2m)
• 4.1(2o)
• 4.1(2s)
• 4.1(2u)
• 4.1(2w)
• 4.1(2x)
• 4.2(1g)
• 4.2(1i)
• 4.2(1j)
• 4.2(1l)
• 4.2(2e)
• 4.2(2f)
• 4.2(2g)
• 4.2(3j)
• 4.2(3l)
• 4.2(3n)
• 4.2(3q)
• 4.2(4i)
• 4.2(4k)
• 4.2(4o)
• 4.2(4p)
• 4.2(5k)
• 4.2(5l)
• 4.2(5n)
• 4.2(6d)
• 4.2(6g)
• 4.2(6h)
• 4.2(6l)
• 4.2(6o)
• 4.2(7f)
• 4.2(7l)
• 4.2(7q)
• 4.2(7r)
• 4.2(7s)
• 4.2(7t)
• 4.2(7u)
• 4.2(7v)
• 4.2(7w)
• 5.0(1k)
• 5.0(1l)
• 5.0(2e)
• 5.0(2h)
• 5.1(1h)
• 5.1(2e)
• 5.1(3e)
• 5.1(4c)
• 5.2(1g)
• 5.2(2e)
• 5.2(2f)
• 5.2(2g)
• 5.2(2h)
• 5.2(3e)
• 5.2(3f)
• 5.2(3g)
• 5.2(4d)
• 5.2(4e)
• 5.2(4f)
• 5.2(4h)
• 5.2(5c)
• 5.2(5d)
• 5.2(5e)
• 5.2(6e)
• 5.2(6g)
• 5.2(6h)
• 5.2(7f)
• 5.2(7g)
• 5.2(8d)
• 5.2(8e)
• 5.2(8f)
• 5.2(8g)
• 5.2(8h)
• 5.2(8i)
• 5.3(1d)
• 5.3(2a)
• 5.3(2b)
• 5.3(2c)
• 5.3(2d)
• 5.3(2e)
• 6.0(1g)
• 6.0(1j)
• 6.0(2h)
• 6.0(2j)
• 6.0(3d)
• 6.0(3e)
• 6.0(3g)
• 6.0(4c)
• 6.0(5h)
• 6.0(5j)
• 6.0(6c)
• 6.0(7e)
• 6.0(8d)
• 6.1(1f)

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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