CVE-2024-20413

Summary

CVE-2024-20413 is a vulnerability affecting Cisco NX-OS Software that allows an authenticated local attacker with Bash shell access to elevate their privileges to network-admin on the device. The issue arises from inadequate security restrictions when executing application arguments within the Bash shell, enabling an attacker to run crafted commands on the operating system. Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to the creation of new users with full network-admin privileges, posing significant risks to organizational integrity and confidentiality. To remediate this vulnerability, organizations should apply any available patches or updates from Cisco and limit access to the Bash shell for unauthorized users. The vulnerability's severity is rated as medium, with high impacts on integrity, confidentiality, and availability.

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