CVE-2024-20449: cisco cisco data center network manager Relative Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-20449 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in cisco cisco data center network manager. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 02-10-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 02-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper path validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) to upload malicious code to an affected device using path traversal techniques. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in a specific container with the privileges of root.

• CWE-23Relative Path TraversalThe product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.