CVE detail

CVE-2024-20449 — CVE-2024-20449

Published 2024-10-02 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product nexus_dashboard_fabric_controller · Source nvd
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
8.8
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0094
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
58.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper path validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) to upload malicious code to an affected device using path traversal techniques. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in a specific container with the privileges of root.

Remediation

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Managernot specifiedadvisory ↗

References

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