CVE detail

CVE-2023-20217 — CVE-2023-20217

Published 2023-08-16 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product thousandeyes_enterprise_agent · Source nvd

MEDIUM

severity

CVSS-derived band

5.5

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0030

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

23.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent, Virtual Appliance installation type, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing certain commands using sudo. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view arbitrary files as root on the underlying operating system. The attacker must have valid credentials on the affected device.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco ThousandEyes Recorder Application	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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