CVE-2025-20153

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.36% (30th) EPSS
CVSS 5.3 · medium
Is it mine?
37 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the email filtering mechanism of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured rules and allow emails that should have been denied to flow through an affected device.   This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email that passes through an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass email filters on the affected device.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v3.15.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284US
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affected products (37)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 37
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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-0415Cisco AsyncOS für Secure Email Gateway : Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2025-02-19csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Cisco AsyncOS und Cisco Secure Email Gateway ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

  • cisco-sa-esa-mailpol-bypass-5nVcJZMwCisco Secure Email Gateway Email Filter Bypass Vulnerability2025-02-19csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the email filtering mechanism of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured rules and allow emails that should have been denied to flow through an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email that passes through an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass email filters on the affected device. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundcisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-02-19modified 2026-06-17
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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