CVE-2024-20411

Cisco NX-OS Bash Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 6.7
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
5.7th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Aug 28, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to execute arbitrary code as root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient security restrictions when executing commands from the Bash shell. An attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell could exploit this vulnerability by executing a specific crafted command on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of root.

Weakness: CWE-267

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software Routing & Switching cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco NX-OS Software
  • cisco · nx-os