A vulnerability in the debug shell of Cisco Video Phone 8875 and Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series 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 with SSH access on the affected device. SSH access is disabled by default. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the debug shell of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SSH client command to the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive information on the underlying operating system.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-20158 is rated Low Risk (19.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.04% | 0.15% | +0.10% |
| 2 | 2025-02-20 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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0.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| cisco | video_phone_8875_firmware | < 3.3\(1\) | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:video_phone_8875_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | desk_phone_9871_firmware | < 3.3\(1\) | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:desk_phone_9871_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | desk_phone_9841_firmware | < 3.3\(1\) | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:desk_phone_9841_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | desk_phone_9851_firmware | < 3.3\(1\) | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:desk_phone_9851_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| cisco | desk_phone_9861_firmware | < 3.3\(1\) | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:desk_phone_9861_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |