7.2

CVE-2024-20478: cisco application_policy_infrastructure_controller Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 28-08-2024Last modified 06-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-20478 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in cisco application_policy_infrastructure_controller. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.74%
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. 28-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root. Note: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.74% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.74%

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

Cisco2 products
  • application_policy_infrastructure_controller1.1\(1d\) | 1.1\(1j\) | 1.1\(1n\) | 1.1\(1o\) | 1.1\(1r\) | 1.1\(1s\) | 1.1\(2h\) | 1.1\(2i\) | 1.1\(3f\) | 1.1\(4e\) | 1.1\(4f\) | 1.1\(4g\) | 1.1\(4i\) | 1.1\(4l\) | 1.1\(4m\) | 1.2\(1h\) | 1.2\(1i\) | 1.2\(1k\) | 1.2\(1m\) | 1.2\(2g\) | 1.2\(2h\) | 1.2\(2i\) | 1.2\(2j\) | 1.2\(3c\) | 1.2\(3e\) | 1.2\(3h\) | 1.2\(3m\) | 1.3\(1g\) | 1.3\(1h\) | 1.3\(1i\) | 1.3\(1j\) | 1.3\(2f\) | 1.3\(2h\) | 1.3\(2i\) | 1.3\(2j\) | 1.3\(2k\) | 2.0\(1k\) | 2.0\(1l\) | 2.0\(1m\) | 2.0\(1n\) | 2.0\(1o\) | 2.0\(1p\) | 2.0\(1q\) | 2.0\(1r\) | 2.0\(2f\) | 2.0\(2g\) | 2.0\(2h\) | 2.0\(2l\) | 2.0\(2m\) | 2.0\(2n\) | 2.0\(2o\) | 2.1\(1h\) | 2.1\(1i\) | 2.1\(2e\) | 2.1\(2f\) | 2.1\(2g\) | 2.1\(2k\) | 2.1\(3g\) | 2.1\(3h\) | 2.1\(3j\) | 2.1\(4a\) | 2.2\(1k\) | 2.2\(1n\) | 2.2\(1o\) | 2.2\(2e\) | 2.2\(2f\) | 2.2\(2i\) | 2.2\(2j\) | 2.2\(2k\) | 2.2\(2q\) | 2.2\(3j\) | 2.2\(3p\) | 2.2\(3r\) | 2.2\(3s\) | 2.2\(3t\) | 2.2\(4f\) | 2.2\(4p\) | 2.2\(4q\) | 2.2\(4r\) | 2.3\(1e\) | 2.3\(1f\) | 2.3\(1i\) | 2.3\(1l\) | 2.3\(1o\) | 2.3\(1p\) | 3.0\(1i\) | 3.0\(1k\) | 3.0\(2h\) | 3.0\(2k\) | 3.0\(2m\) | 3.0\(2n\) | 3.1\(1i\) | 3.1\(2m\) | 3.1\(2o\) | 3.1\(2p\) | 3.1\(2q\) | 3.1\(2s\) | 3.1\(2t\) | 3.1\(2u\) | 3.1\(2v\) | 3.2\(1l\) | 3.2\(1m\) | 3.2\(2l\) | 3.2\(2o\) | 3.2\(3i\) | 3.2\(3j\) | 3.2\(3n\) | 3.2\(3o\) | 3.2\(3r\) | 3.2\(3s\) | 3.2\(4d\) | 3.2\(4e\) | 3.2\(5d\) | 3.2\(5e\) | 3.2\(5f\) | 3.2\(6i\) | 3.2\(7f\) | 3.2\(7k\) | 3.2\(8d\) | 3.2\(9b\) | 3.2\(9f\) | 3.2\(9h\) | 3.2\(10e\) | 3.2\(10f\) | 3.2\(10g\) | 3.2\(41d\) | 4.0\(1h\) | 4.0\(2c\) | 4.0\(3c\) | 4.0\(3d\) | 4.1\(1a\) | 4.1\(1i\) | 4.1\(1j\) | 4.1\(1k\) | 4.1\(1l\) | 4.1\(2g\) | 4.1\(2m\) | 4.1\(2o\) | 4.1\(2s\) | 4.1\(2u\) | 4.1\(2w\) | 4.1\(2x\) | 4.2\(1g\) | 4.2\(1i\) | 4.2\(1j\) | 4.2\(1l\) | 4.2\(2e\) | 4.2\(2f\) | 4.2\(2g\) | 4.2\(3j\) | 4.2\(3l\) | 4.2\(3n\) | 4.2\(3q\) | 4.2\(4i\) | 4.2\(4k\) | 4.2\(4o\) | 4.2\(4p\) | 4.2\(5k\) | 4.2\(5l\) | 4.2\(5n\) | 4.2\(6d\) | 4.2\(6g\) | 4.2\(6h\) | 4.2\(6l\) | 4.2\(6o\) | 4.2\(7f\) | 4.2\(7l\) | 4.2\(7q\) | 4.2\(7r\) | 4.2\(7s\) | 4.2\(7t\) | 4.2\(7u\) | 4.2\(7v\) | 4.2\(7w\) | 5.0\(1k\) | 5.0\(1l\) | 5.0\(2e\) | 5.0\(2h\) | 5.1\(1h\) | 5.1\(2e\) | 5.1\(3e\) | 5.1\(4c\) | 5.2\(1g\) | 5.2\(2e\) | 5.2\(2f\) | 5.2\(2g\) | 5.2\(2h\) | 5.2\(3e\) | 5.2\(3f\) | 5.2\(3g\) | 5.2\(4d\) | 5.2\(4e\) | 5.2\(4f\) | 5.2\(4h\) | 5.2\(5c\) | 5.2\(5d\) | 5.2\(5e\) | 5.2\(6e\) | 5.2\(6g\) | 5.2\(6h\) | 5.2\(7f\) | 5.2\(7g\) | 5.2\(8d\) | 5.2\(8e\) | 5.2\(8f\) | 5.2\(8g\) | 5.2\(8h\) | 5.2\(8i\) | 5.3\(1d\) | 5.3\(2a\) | 5.3\(2b\) | 5.3\(2c\) | 6.0\(1g\) | 6.0\(1j\) | 6.0\(2h\) | 6.0\(2j\) | 6.0\(3d\) | 6.0\(3e\) | 6.0\(3g\) | 6.0\(4c\) | 6.0\(5h\) | 6.0\(5j\)
  • cisco application policy infrastructure controller (apic)3.2(8d) | 2.2(1o) | 1.2(2h) | 2.2(2i) | 1.2(1k) | 2.2(1k) | 3.1(2m) | 3.2(1m) | 3.2(5e) | 4.1(2m) | 3.2(41d) | 1.1(1o) | 1.2(1m) | 1.2(2j) | 2.2(4r) | 2.2(3j) | 1.1(3f) | 2.2(2f) | 1.1(4m) | 2.2(2k) | 2.1(1i) | 2.0(1p) | 3.1(2p) | 3.2(3s) | 4.0(3c) | 1.1(4e) | 4.1(1k) | 2.2(4f) | 2.1(3h) | 3.2(4d) | 2.0(1n) | 2.0(1m) | 2.0(1r) | 2.1(2e) | 4.2(2e) | 4.2(3j) | 4.2(3n) | 2.0(1l) | 2.2(2e) | 2.2(3r) | 3.0(2k) | 2.1(3g) | 4.0(1h) | 2.0(1o) | 2.2(3p) | 1.2(3e) | 2.2(3s) | 2.0(2g) | 4.1(1l) | 3.2(9f) | 4.2(3l) | 4.2(2g) | 1.2(3c) | 3.2(7k) | 1.3(2h) | 3.2(9b) | 1.3(2k) | 3.1(2t) | 1.1(2h) | 3.2(3j) | 2.1(2k) | 2.3(1f) | 1.2(3h) | 3.0(1i) | 4.1(2u) | 4.2(1l) | 4.1(1a) | 4.0(3d) | 1.1(4l) | 2.3(1i) | 3.1(2q) | 3.2(4e) | 4.1(1i) | 3.1(1i) | 2.0(2m) | 3.0(2h) | 2.2(2q) | 2.3(1l) | 1.3(1h) | 3.0(2n) | 3.2(5f) | 1.2(1h) | 3.2(1l) | 4.2(1i) | 4.1(2o) | 1.2(1i) | 1.3(1j) | 2.1(1h) | 2.0(2l) | 2.0(2h) | 1.2(2g) | 3.0(1k) | 4.2(1g) | 2.1(2g) | 2.0(1q) | 1.1(1j) | 4.1(2g) | 1.1(1r) | 4.2(2f) | 3.2(6i) | 1.3(1g) | 1.3(2j) | 1.3(2i) | 2.0(2o) | 2.2(4q) | 2.3(1o) | 3.2(3i) | 2.2(2j) | 1.1(1d) | 2.0(2n) | 2.2(3t) | 3.2(3n) | 1.1(4g) | 4.1(2x) | 3.2(5d) | 3.1(2o) | 1.2(2i) | 2.1(2f) | 1.3(2f) | 4.2(3q) | 4.1(1j) | 2.0(2f) | 2.3(1e) | 1.1(1s) | 3.1(2v) | 4.1(2w) | 1.1(4i) | 3.1(2u) | 1.1(4f) | 3.0(2m) | 2.0(1k) | 3.2(2o) | 3.2(3r) | 1.1(2i) | 4.0(2c) | 1.3(1i) | 4.1(2s) | 3.2(7f) | 1.2(3m) | 3.2(3o) | 3.1(2s) | 3.2(2l) | 4.2(1j) | 2.3(1p) | 2.1(4a) | 1.1(1n) | 2.2(1n) | 2.2(4p) | 2.1(3j) | 4.2(4i) | 3.2(9h) | 5.0(1k) | 4.2(4k) | 5.0(1l) | 5.0(2e) | 4.2(4o) | 4.2(4p) | 5.0(2h) | 4.2(5k) | 4.2(5l) | 4.2(5n) | 5.1(1h) | 4.2(6d) | 5.1(2e) | 4.2(6g) | 4.2(6h) | 5.1(3e) | 3.2(10e) | 4.2(6l) | 4.2(7f) | 5.1(4c) | 4.2(6o) | 5.2(1g) | 5.2(2e) | 4.2(7l) | 3.2(10f) | 5.2(2f) | 5.2(2g) | 4.2(7q) | 5.2(2h) | 5.2(3f) | 5.2(3e) | 5.2(3g) | 4.2(7r) | 4.2(7s) | 5.2(4d) | 5.2(4e) | 4.2(7t) | 5.2(5d) | 3.2(10g) | 5.2(5c) | 6.0(1g) | 4.2(7u) | 5.2(5e) | 5.2(4f) | 5.2(6e) | 6.0(1j) | 5.2(6g) | 5.2(7f) | 4.2(7v) | 5.2(7g) | 6.0(2h) | 4.2(7w) | 5.2(6h) | 5.2(4h) | 5.2(8d) | 6.0(2j) | 5.2(8e) | 6.0(3d) | 6.0(3e) | 5.2(8f) | 5.2(8g) | 5.3(1d) | 5.2(8h) | 6.0(4c) | 5.3(2a) | 5.2(8i) | 6.0(5h) | 5.3(2b) | 6.0(3g) | 6.0(5j) | 5.3(2c)

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