CVE-2024-20329 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software's SSH subsystem, allowing an authenticated, remote attacker to execute operating system commands as root due to insufficient input validation. With a CVSS score of 9.9 (CRITICAL), this flaw permits an attacker with limited user privileges to gain complete system control by submitting crafted input over SSH. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.17.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.17.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.17.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.17.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.