Cisco NX-OS: CVE-2023-20050: Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Command Injection Vulnerability

Cisco NX-OS: CVE-2023-20050: Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Command Injection Vulnerability

Severity

3

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Published

02/22/2023

Created

03/07/2023

Added

03/06/2023

Modified

11/13/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the currently logged-in user.

Solution(s)

• cisco-nx-update-latest

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2023-20050
• CVE - 2023-20050
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nxos-cli-cmdinject-euQVK9u
• cisco-sa-nxos-cli-cmdinject-euQVK9u