CVE detail

CVE-2020-3423 — CVE-2020-3423

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

MEDIUM

severity

CVSS-derived band

5.1

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0039

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

31.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of the Lua interpreter that is integrated in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system (OS) of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on Lua function calls within the context of user-supplied Lua scripts. An attacker with valid administrative credentials could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a malicious Lua script. When this file is processed, an exploitable buffer overflow condition could occur. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux OS of the affected device.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software 3.7.0S	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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