CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-20397

5.2 MEDIUM Published 2024-12-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2024-12-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Description

A vulnerability in the bootloader of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to an affected device, or an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials, to bypass NX-OS image signature verification.  This vulnerability is due to insecure bootloader settings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing a series of bootloader commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass NX-OS image signature verification and load unverified software.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

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