Vulnerability · Published Feb 23, 2023 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2023-20050Cisco NX-OS Software CLI 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 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of an 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	n/a

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

20230222 Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Command Injection Vulnerability vendor-advisory