CVE-2024-20440
HIGH EXPLOITED NUCLEICisco Smart Licensing Utility - Info Disclosure
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2024-20440 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information. This vulnerability is due to excessive verbosity in a debug log file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain log files that contain sensitive data, including credentials that can be used to access the API.
Nuclei Templates (1)
Cisco Smart Licensing Utility UnAuthenticated Logs Exposure Leaking Plaintext Credentials
HIGHVERIFIEDby iamnoooob,parthmalhotra,pdresearch
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.5147
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2025-06-07
CWE
CWE-532
Status
published
Products (3)
cisco/smart_license_utility
2.0.0
cisco/smart_license_utility
2.1.0
cisco/smart_license_utility
2.2.0
Published
Sep 04, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026