Description
A vulnerability in the Meraki onboarding feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root level privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient memory protection in the Meraki onboarding feature of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying the Meraki registration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-priv-esc-sABD8hcU
Scores
CVSS v3
4.4
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
35.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/ios_xe
17.7.1
cisco/ios_xe
17.8.1
Published
Mar 23, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026