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CVE-2020-26077 — Cisco Iot Field Network Director security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5

A vulnerability in the access control functionality of Cisco IoT Field Network Director (FND) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view lists of users from different domains that are configured on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper access control. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an API request that alters the domain for a requested user list on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view lists of users from different domains on the affected system.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5 (3.0)
Published
2020-11-18
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-284, CWE-269

Affected products

  • cisco / iot_field_network_director

Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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