CVE detail

CVE-2020-3404 — CVE-2020-3404

Published 2020-09-24 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product ios_xe · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

7.8

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0032

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

24.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the persistent Telnet/Secure Shell (SSH) CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain shell access on an affected device and execute commands on the underlying operating system (OS) with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient enforcement of the consent token in authorizing shell access. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the persistent Telnet/SSH CLI on an affected device and requesting shell access. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain shell access on the affected device and execute commands on the underlying OS with root privileges.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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