6.5

CVE-2024-20262: cisco cisco ios xr software Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 13-03-2024Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-20262 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in cisco cisco ios xr software. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) and SFTP feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to create or overwrite files in a system directory, which could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition. The attacker would require valid user credentials to perform this attack. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper validation of SCP and SFTP CLI input parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and issuing SCP or SFTP CLI commands with specific parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impact the functionality of the device, which could lead to a DoS condition. The device may need to be manually rebooted to recover. Note: This vulnerability is exploitable only when a local user invokes SCP or SFTP commands at the Cisco IOS XR CLI. A local user with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability remotely.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.15% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco1 product
  • cisco ios xr software5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.2.4 | 5.2.3 | 5.2.5 | 5.2.47 | 5.3.0 | 5.3.1 | 5.3.2 | 5.3.3 | 5.3.4 | 6.0.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 6.1.1 | 6.1.2 | 6.1.3 | 6.1.4 | 6.1.12 | 6.1.22 | 6.1.32 | 6.1.36 | 6.1.42 | 6.2.1 | 6.2.2 | 6.2.3 | 6.2.25 | 6.2.11 | 6.3.2 | 6.3.3 | 6.3.15 | 6.4.1 | 6.4.2 | 6.4.3 | 6.5.1 | 6.5.2 | 6.5.3 | 6.5.25 | 6.5.26 | 6.5.28 | 6.5.29 | 6.5.32 | 6.5.33 | 6.6.2 | 6.6.3 | 6.6.25 | 6.6.4 | 7.0.1 | 7.0.2 | 7.0.12 | 7.0.14 | 7.1.1 | 7.1.2 | 6.7.2 | 6.7.4 | 7.2.0 | 7.2.1 | 7.2.2 | 7.3.1 | 7.3.15 | 7.3.2 | 7.3.3 | 7.3.5 | 7.4.1 | 7.4.2 | 7.5.1 | 7.5.3 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.4 | 7.5.5 | 7.6.1 | 7.6.2 | 7.7.1 | 7.7.2 | 7.7.21 | 7.8.1 | 7.8.2 | 7.9.1 | 7.9.2 | 7.10.1 | 7.10.2

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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