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CVE-2024-20456

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-20456 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS XR Software, allowing an authenticated, high-privilege local attacker to bypass Cisco Secure Boot. This flaw, stemming from a software build error, enables an attacker with root-system privileges to load unverified software or alter system security properties by manipulating boot configuration. While the CVSS score is 6.7, its EPSS and FAUCET scores are low, indicating a lower likelihood of exploitation. There is currently no known public exploit code, nor is there any significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
24.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:24.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-xr-secure-boot-quD5g8Ap
Vendor Advisory