Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2024 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2024-20413Cisco NX-OS Bash Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to elevate privileges to network-admin on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient security restrictions when executing application arguments from the Bash shell. An attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create new users with the privileges of network-admin.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco NX-OS Software | 9.2(3)7.0(3)I5(2)6.0(2)A8(7a)7.0(3)I4(5)6.0(2)A6(1)7.0(3)I4(6)7.0(3)I4(3)9.2(2v) |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H