CVE-2024-20265

A vulnerability in the boot process of Cisco Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to bypass the Cisco Secure Boot functionality and load a software image that h

Severity
Medium 5.9
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
16.2th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Mar 27, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the boot process of Cisco Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to bypass the Cisco Secure Boot functionality and load a software image that has been tampered with on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because unnecessary commands are available during boot time at the physical console. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by interrupting the boot process and executing specific commands to bypass the Cisco Secure Boot validation checks and load an image that has been tampered with. This image would have been previously downloaded onto the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to load the image once. The Cisco Secure Boot functionality is not permanently compromised.

Weakness: CWE-501

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (7)
  • Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Software
  • Cisco · Cisco Aironet Access Point Software
  • Cisco · Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software
  • Cisco · Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller)
  • cisco · aironet_access_point_software
  • cisco · business_wireless_access_point_software
  • cisco · aironet_access_point_software