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CVE-2023-20016

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20016 is a vulnerability in Cisco UCS Manager Software and Cisco FXOS Software that allows an unauthenticated attacker to decrypt sensitive information from backup files due to a weak encryption method utilizing a static key. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to the compromise of credentials and other sensitive data. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.2\(3c\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ucs_central_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ucs_6536_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ucs_64108_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ucs_6454_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ucs_6200_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
1.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0011 is in the 9th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucsm-bkpsky-H8FCQgsA
Vendor Advisory