CVE detail

CVE-2023-20186 — CVE-2023-20186

Published 2023-09-27 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product ios · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

8.0

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0059

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

45.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass command authorization and copy files to or from the file system of an affected device using the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP). This vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of SCP commands in AAA command authorization checks. An attacker with valid credentials and level 15 privileges could exploit this vulnerability by using SCP to connect to an affected device from an external machine. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain or change the configuration of the affected device and put files on or retrieve files from the affected device.

Remediation

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

References

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