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CVE-2024-20399: Cisco NX-OS Command Injection Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2024-20399
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Cisco NX-OS contains a command injection vulnerability in the command line interface (CLI) that could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Ciscoproduct: NX-OSCode injection
What
Cisco NX-OS contains a command injection vulnerability in the CLI that could allow authenticated attackers to execute commands as root.
Who is affected
Authenticated users of NX-OS are at risk of exploitation.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the severity of the vulnerability.
Action
Update NX-OS to the latest version as recommended by Cisco.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2024-07-02
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20399

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2024-20399coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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