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CVE-2024-20280

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-20280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the backup feature of Cisco UCS Central Software, allowing an attacker with access to a backup file to extract sensitive information due to weak encryption and a static key. A successful exploit could reveal local user credentials, authentication server passwords, SNMP community names, and SSL server certificates. The CVSS score is 6.3, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ucs_central_software:1.0\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ucs_central_software:1.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1\(1b\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ucs_central_software:1.1\(1b\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1\(2a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ucs_central_software:1.1\(2a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ucs_central_software:1.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.6%
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 2nd percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-ucsc-bkpsky-TgJ5f73J
Vendor Advisory