CVE-2024-20449

HIGH

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper path validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) to upload malicious code to an affected device using path traversal techniques. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in a specific container with the privileges of root.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0987
EPSS Percentile 92.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-22 CWE-23
Status published

Affected Products (1)

cisco/nexus_dashboard_fabric_controller < 12.2.2

Timeline

Published Oct 02, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026