Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center up to 2.3.7.7-VA Management API missing authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Management API. This manipulation causes missing authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-20210. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Management API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the management API of Cisco Catalyst Center, formerly Cisco DNA Center, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read and modify the outgoing proxy configuration settings. This vulnerability is due to the lack of authentication in an API endpoint. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a request to the affected API of a Catalyst Center device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view or modify the outgoing proxy configuration, which could disrupt internet traffic from Cisco Catalyst Center or may allow the attacker to intercept outbound internet traffic.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-20210 since 10/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/14/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Digital Network Architecture Center

Version

• 2.1.1.0
• 2.1.1.3
• 2.1.2.0
• 2.1.2.3
• 2.1.2.4
• 2.1.2.5
• 2.1.2.6
• 2.1.2.7
• 2.1.2.8
• 2.2.1.0
• 2.2.1.3
• 2.2.2.0
• 2.2.2.1
• 2.2.2.3
• 2.2.2.4
• 2.2.2.5
• 2.2.2.6
• 2.2.2.7
• 2.2.2.8
• 2.2.2.9
• 2.2.3.0
• 2.2.3.3
• 2.2.3.4
• 2.2.3.5
• 2.2.3.6
• 2.3.2.1
• 2.3.2.1-AIRGAP
• 2.3.2.1-AIRGAP-CA
• 2.3.2.3
• 2.3.3.0
• 2.3.3.0-AIRGAP
• 2.3.3.1
• 2.3.3.1-AIRGAP
• 2.3.3.3
• 2.3.3.3-AIRGAP
• 2.3.3.3-AIRGAP-CA
• 2.3.3.4
• 2.3.3.4-AIRGAP
• 2.3.3.4-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.3.4-HF1
• 2.3.3.5
• 2.3.3.5-AIRGAP
• 2.3.3.6
• 2.3.3.6-70045-HF1
• 2.3.3.6-AIRGAP
• 2.3.3.6-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.3.7
• 2.3.3.7-72323
• 2.3.3.7-72328-AIRGAP
• 2.3.3.7-72328-MDNAC
• 2.3.3.7-AIRGAP
• 2.3.3.7-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.4.0
• 2.3.4.0-AIRGAP
• 2.3.4.3
• 2.3.4.3-AIRGAP
• 2.3.5.0
• 2.3.5.0-AIRGAP
• 2.3.5.0-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.5.3
• 2.3.5.3-AIRGAP
• 2.3.5.3-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.5.4
• 2.3.5.4-AIRGAP
• 2.3.5.4-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.5.5
• 2.3.5.5-70026-HF51
• 2.3.5.5-70026-HF52
• 2.3.5.5-70026-HF53
• 2.3.5.5-70026-HF70
• 2.3.5.5-70026-HF71
• 2.3.5.5-70026-HF72
• 2.3.5.5-AIRGAP
• 2.3.5.5-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.5.6
• 2.3.5.6-70143-HF20
• 2.3.5.6-AIRGAP
• 2.3.5.6-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.6.0
• 2.3.6.0-AIRGAP
• 2.3.7.0
• 2.3.7.0-AIRGAP
• 2.3.7.0-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.7.0-VA
• 2.3.7.3
• 2.3.7.3-AIRGAP
• 2.3.7.3-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.7.4
• 2.3.7.4-AIRGAP
• 2.3.7.4-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.7.5-AIRGAP
• 2.3.7.5-VA
• 2.3.7.6
• 2.3.7.6-AIRGAP
• 2.3.7.6-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.7.6-VA
• 2.3.7.7
• 2.3.7.7-AIRGAP
• 2.3.7.7-AIRGAP-MDNAC
• 2.3.7.7-VA

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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