Cisco Secure Network Analytics Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability – Source:sec.cloudapps.cisco.com

Medium

Summary

• A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Network Analytics Manager and Cisco Secure Network Analytics Virtual Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid administrative credentials to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system.

  This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in specific fields of the web-based management interface. An attacker with valid administrative credentials could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

  Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

  This advisory is available at the following link:
  https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sna-ssti-dPuLqSmZ

Affected Products

• At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected Cisco Secure Network Analytics Manager and Secure Network Analytics Virtual Manager, regardless of device configuration.

  For information about which Cisco software releases were vulnerable at the time of publication, see the Fixed Software section of this advisory. See the Details section in the bug ID at the top of this advisory for the most complete and current information.

  Only products listed in the Vulnerable Products section of this advisory are known to be affected by this vulnerability.

  Cisco has confirmed that this vulnerability does not affect the following Cisco products.

  • Secure Cloud Analytics
  • Secure Network Analytics Data Store
  • Secure Network Analytics Flow Collector
  • Secure Network Analytics Flow Sensor
  • Secure Network Analytics UDP Director
  • Secure Network Analytics Virtual Data Store
  • Secure Network Analytics Virtual Flow Collector
  • Secure Network Analytics Virtual Flow Sensor
  • Secure Network Analytics Virtual UDP Director

Workarounds

• There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Fixed Software

• When considering software upgrades, customers are advised to regularly consult the advisories for Cisco products, which are available from the Cisco Security Advisories page, to determine exposure and a complete upgrade solution.

  In all cases, customers should ensure that the devices to be upgraded contain sufficient memory and confirm that current hardware and software configurations will continue to be supported properly by the new release. If the information is not clear, customers are advised to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) or their contracted maintenance providers.

  Fixed Releases

  At the time of publication, the release information in the following table was accurate. See the Details section in the bug ID at the top of this advisory for the most complete and current information.

  The left column lists Cisco software releases, and the right column indicates whether a release was affected by the vulnerability that is described in this advisory and which release included the fix for this vulnerability.

  Cisco Secure Network Analytics Release	First Fixed Release
  7.4.2	Migrate to a fixed release.
  7.5.0	7.5.0 SMC ROLLUP20250408-01
  7.5.1	7.5.1 SMC ROLLUP20250415-01
  7.5.2	7.5.2 SMC ROLLUP20250416-01

  The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) validates only the affected and fixed release information that is documented in this advisory.

Exploitation and Public Announcements

• The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

Source

• This vulnerability was found during internal security testing by Sammy Tieng of the Cisco Advanced Security Initiatives Group (ASIG).

Cisco Security Vulnerability Policy

• To learn about Cisco security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Security Vulnerability Policy. This document also contains instructions for obtaining fixed software and receiving security vulnerability information from Cisco.

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URL

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sna-ssti-dPuLqSmZ

Revision History

• Version	Description	Section	Status	Date
  1.0	Initial public release.	–	Final	2025-MAY-21

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