Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2024 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2024-20289Cisco NX-OS Software Command Injection Vulnerability
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity OS command injection in Cisco NX-OS Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments for a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the currently logged-in user.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco NX-OS Software | 9.3(3)9.3(4)9.3(5)9.3(6)10.1(2)10.1(1)9.3(5w)9.3(7) |
| Cisco | Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode | 16.0(2h)16.0(2j)16.0(3d)16.0(3e)16.0(4c)16.0(5h)16.0(3g)16.0(5j) |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N