CVE-2024-20282 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-20282

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Weakness CWE-269
Published April 3, 2024
Last update August 27, 2024

CVSS base score

6.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 3, 2024 CVE published
August 27, 2024 Record updated