CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-20115

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2023-08-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-08-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-671

Description

A vulnerability in the SFTP server implementation for Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches and 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to download or overwrite files from the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a logic error when verifying the user role when an SFTP connection is opened to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting and authenticating via SFTP as a valid, non-administrator user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or overwrite files from the underlying operating system with the privileges of the authenticated user. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• cisco nx-os 9.2\(1\) • cisco nx-os 9.2\(2\) • cisco nx-os 9.2\(2t\) • cisco nx-os 9.2\(2v\) • cisco nx-os 9.2\(3\) • cisco nx-os 9.2\(4\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(1\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(2\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(3\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(4\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(5\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(6\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(7\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(7a\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(8\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(9\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(10\) • cisco nx-os 9.3\(11\) • cisco nx-os 10.1\(1\) • cisco nx-os 10.1\(2\) • cisco nx-os 10.1\(2t\) • cisco nx-os 10.2\(1\) • cisco nx-os 10.2\(1q\) • cisco nx-os 10.2\(2\) • cisco nx-os 10.2\(3\) • cisco nx-os 10.2\(3t\) • cisco nx-os 10.2\(4\) • cisco nx-os 10.2\(5\) • cisco nx-os 10.3\(1\) • cisco nx-os 10.3\(2\)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-671 Lack of Administrator Control over Security weakness

References