CVE-2024-20399 is a command injection vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software, affecting various Cisco Nexus switches. It allows an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system due to insufficient validation of CLI command arguments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) and requires Administrator credentials for exploitation, but grants root privileges, which is a significant escalation for devices where root access isn't already available via bash. This CVE is actively exploited (KEV listed), has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, yet no public exploit code is currently available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2\(2a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.2\(2a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2\(6\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.2\(6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2\(6a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.2\(6a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2\(6b\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.2\(6b\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.