CVE-2024-20329

CRITICAL

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software - Authenticated Remote Code Execution via SSH CLI Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the SSH subsystem of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute operating system commands as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input when executing remote CLI commands over SSH. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. An attacker with limited user privileges could use this vulnerability to gain complete control over the system.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.9
EPSS 0.0257
EPSS Percentile 85.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-146
Status published
Products (27)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1.7
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1.9
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1.10
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1.11
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1.13
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1.15
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1.20
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1.30
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.17.1.33
... and 17 more
Published Oct 23, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026