OS Command Injection in Cisco NX-OS and Cisco UCS - CVE-2024-20289

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OS Command Injection in Cisco NX-OS and Cisco UCS - CVE-2024-20289

Published: August 28, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96599
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20289
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco NX-OS
Cisco UCS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation of arguments for a specific CLI command. A local user can pass specially crafted arguments to the affected CLI command and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-20289

Install updates from vendor's website.

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