Privilege escalation in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center - CVE-2018-0268
Published: May 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12793
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0268
CWE-ID: CWE-358
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exist in the container management subsystem due to an insecure default configuration of the Kubernetes container management subsystem within DNA Center. A remote attacker can access the Kubernetes service port and execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges within provisioned containers.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0268
Update to version 1.1.4.