VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-20282

CVSS score6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-04-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@cisco.com: CWE-269
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-522

Primary references