Command injection in Cisco NX-OS - CVE-2018-0313
Published: June 20, 2018 / Updated: June 25, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13431
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0313
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the NX-API feature of Cisco NX-OS Software due to incorrect input validation of user-supplied data to the NX-API subsystem. A remote attacker can send a malicious HTTP or HTTPS packet to the management interface of an affected system that has the NX-API feature enabled, inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Affected software
Cisco NX-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0313
Install update from vendor's website.