Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Vulnerability Could Lead to Command Injection and Denial of Service Attacks

CVE-2024-20444

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 October 2024

Badges

đź‘ľ Exploit Exists

Summary

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC), formerly Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with network-admin privileges to perform a command injection attack against an affected device.   This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted command arguments to a specific REST API endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite sensitive files or crash a specific container, which would restart on its own, causing a low-impact denial of service (DoS) condition.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Data Center Network Manager = 11.2(1)

Cisco Data Center Network Manager = 7.0(2)

Cisco Data Center Network Manager = 10.3(2)IPFM

Refferences

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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