CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-3538

8.1 HIGH Published 2024-11-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-11-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-22

Description

A vulnerability in a certain REST API endpoint of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient path restriction enforcement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or list arbitrary files on the affected device.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• cisco data center network manager (< 11.4\(1\))

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References