CVE-2023-20050

MEDIUM

Cisco NX-OS Software - Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 37.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os < 8.2\(9\)
Published Feb 23, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026