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CVE-2023-20115

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20115 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the SFTP server implementation of Cisco Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series Switches running in standalone NX-OS mode. It allows an authenticated, remote non-administrator user to read or overwrite files on the underlying operating system due to a logic error in user role verification. The attack vector is network-based with low attack complexity, requiring prior authentication but no user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.2\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:9.2\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.2\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:9.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.2\(2t\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:9.2\(2t\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.2\(2v\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:9.2\(2v\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.2\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:9.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 21,957 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.0 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-nxos-sftp-xVAp5Hfd
Vendor Advisory