CVE-2024-20438

Summary

CVE-2024-20438 is a vulnerability affecting the REST API endpoints of Cisco NDFC. This issue stems from missing authorization controls on certain endpoints, granting authenticated, low-privileged, remote attackers the ability to read or write files on the device. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability by crafting API requests to targeted endpoints, potentially gaining access to limited network-admin functions such as reading configuration information, uploading files, and modifying uploaded files. Note that this vulnerability does not impact the web-based management interface and only affects a specific subset of REST API endpoints.

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