Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.
Published: 2024-04-03
Score: 6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-17997 A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.
History

Wed, 07 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco nexus Dashboard
Weaknesses CWE-522
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cisco:nexus_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco nexus Dashboard

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Cisco Nexus Dashboard
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-27T13:39:11.505Z

Reserved: 2023-11-08T15:08:07.626Z

Link: CVE-2024-20282

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:59:41.778Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-03T17:15:47.950

Modified: 2025-05-07T14:48:42.433

Link: CVE-2024-20282

cve-icon Redhat

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Weaknesses