CVE-2023-20029 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Meraki onboarding feature of Cisco IOS XE Software, allowing an authenticated, local attacker to achieve root-level privileges. This flaw stems from insufficient memory protection, which an attacker could exploit by manipulating Meraki registration parameters. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity requiring local authentication. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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