CVE-2024-20282

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.

CVSS v3 6.0 MEDIUM

6.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ndru-pesc-kZ2PQLZH	Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ndru-pesc-kZ2PQLZH	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:nexus_dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-04-03 17:15

Updated : 2025-05-07 14:48

NVD link : CVE-2024-20282

Mitre link : CVE-2024-20282

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-20282

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cisco

nexus_dashboard

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

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