CVE-2022-20907: cisco cisco nexus dashboard

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-20907 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) vulnerability in cisco cisco nexus dashboard. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 21-07-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 01-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation during CLI command execution on an affected device. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by authenticating as the rescue-user and executing vulnerable CLI commands using a malicious payload. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.

• CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionThe product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check.
• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementThe product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.