VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-20065

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-03-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting subsystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the hosted application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to and then escaping the Cisco IOx application container. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@cisco.com: CWE-284
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references