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CVE-2024-20306 — Cisco Ios Xe security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 6.7

A vulnerability in the Unified Threat Defense (UTD) configuration CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying host operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have level 15 privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.7 (3.1)
Published
2024-03-27
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-233

Affected products

  • cisco / ios_xe / 17.10.1
  • cisco / ios_xe / 17.10.1a
  • cisco / ios_xe / 17.10.1b
  • cisco / ios_xe / 17.11.1
  • cisco / ios_xe / 17.11.1a
  • cisco / ios_xe / 17.11.99sw

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

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