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CVE-2025-20275 — Cisco Unified Contact Center Express security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

A vulnerability in the file opening process of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (Unified CCX) Editor could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device.  This vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of Java objects by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading an authenticated, local user to open a crafted .aef file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host that is running the editor application with the privileges of the user who launched it.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Published
2025-06-04
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
java/maven
Weaknesses
CWE-502

Affected products

  • cisco / unified_contact_center_express / 8.5(1)
  • cisco / unified_contact_center_express / 9.0(2)su3es04
  • cisco / unified_contact_center_express / 10.0(1)su1
  • cisco / unified_contact_center_express / 10.0(1)su1es04
  • cisco / unified_contact_center_express / 10.5(1)
  • cisco / unified_contact_center_express / 10.5(1)su1

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Matched remediation archetype

Unsafe deserialization and object reconstruction

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Check exposure

  • Inventory serialization formats accepted from requests, queues, caches, files, cookies, and cross-service messages.
  • Trace whether untrusted input can select classes, types, callbacks, constructors, or object hooks during decoding.
  • Identify signing, schema validation, trust-boundary, and compatibility settings for each decoder.

Remediate safely

  • Replace native object deserialization with a data-only format and explicit schema validation.
  • If replacement is not immediate, use a safe decoder with a minimal type allowlist and disable polymorphic or executable hooks.
  • Update the affected library and add inert tests for unknown types, extra fields, malformed nesting, and unsigned data.

Authoritative sources

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