CVE-2024-20397

Cisco NX-OS Software Image Verification Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 5.2
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.003
22.7th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Vendor-published field
Published
Dec 4, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the bootloader of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to an affected device, or an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials, to bypass NX-OS image signature verification.  This vulnerability is due to insecure bootloader settings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing a series of bootloader commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass NX-OS image signature verification and load unverified software.

Weakness: CWE-284

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Other Products cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (3)
  • Cisco · Cisco NX-OS Software
  • Cisco · Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode
  • Cisco · Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed)

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