CVE-2024-20282: cisco cisco nexus dashboard Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-20282 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in cisco cisco nexus dashboard. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 03-04-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 27-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.17%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
6%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.17% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- 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.
- CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsThe product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.
Affected systems
Cisco2 products
- cisco nexus dashboard1.1(0c) | 1.1(0d) | 1.1(2h) | 1.1(2i) | 1.1(3c) | 1.1(3d) | 1.1(3e) | 1.1(3f) | 2.0(1b) | 2.0(1d) | 2.0(2g) | 2.0(2h) | 2.1(1d) | 2.1(1e) | 2.1(2d) | 2.1(2f) | 2.2(1e) | 2.2(1h) | 2.2(2d) | 2.3(1c) | 2.3(2b) | 2.3(2c) | 2.3(2d) | 2.3(2e) | 3.0(1f) | 3.0(1i)
- nexus_dashboard< 3.1(1k)
1 vendor · 2 products