CVE-2021-34718

HIGH

Cisco IOS XR - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the SSH Server process of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite and read arbitrary files on the local device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of arguments that are supplied by the user for a specific file transfer method. An attacker with lower-level privileges could exploit this vulnerability by specifying Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) parameters when authenticating to a device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges and retrieve and upload files on a device that they should not have access to.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0180
EPSS Percentile 82.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-88
Status published

Affected Products (1)

cisco/ios_xr < 7.3.2

Timeline

Published Sep 09, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026