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CERTFR-2023-AVI-0878
Vulnerability from certfr_avis - Published: - Updated:
De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans Cisco IOS XE. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire, un contournement de la politique de sécurité et une élévation de privilèges.
Ces vulnérabilités sont activement exploitées.
Solution
Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).
NoneImpacted products
References
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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"$ref": "https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/openapi.json",
"affected_systems": [
{
"description": "IOS XE versions 17.6.x ant\u00e9rieures \u00e0 17.6.6a",
"product": {
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"vendor": {
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"scada": false
}
}
},
{
"description": "IOS XE sur Catalyst 3650 et 3850 versions 16.12.x ant\u00e9rieures \u00e0 16.12.10a",
"product": {
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"vendor": {
"name": "Cisco",
"scada": false
}
}
},
{
"description": "IOS XE versions 17.3.x ant\u00e9rieures \u00e0 17.3.8a",
"product": {
"name": "IOS XE",
"vendor": {
"name": "Cisco",
"scada": false
}
}
},
{
"description": "IOS XE versions 17.9.x ant\u00e9rieures \u00e0 17.9.4a",
"product": {
"name": "IOS XE",
"vendor": {
"name": "Cisco",
"scada": false
}
}
}
],
"affected_systems_content": null,
"content": "## Solution\n\nSe r\u00e9f\u00e9rer au bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l\u0027\u00e9diteur pour l\u0027obtention des\ncorrectifs (cf. section Documentation).\n",
"cves": [
{
"name": "CVE-2023-20198",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20198"
},
{
"name": "CVE-2023-20273",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20273"
}
],
"links": [],
"reference": "CERTFR-2023-AVI-0878",
"revisions": [
{
"description": "Version initiale",
"revision_date": "2023-10-23T00:00:00.000000"
},
{
"description": "Les versions 17.6.6a et 16.12.10a sont disponibles.",
"revision_date": "2023-10-30T00:00:00.000000"
},
{
"description": "La version 17.3.8a est disponible.",
"revision_date": "2023-11-03T00:00:00.000000"
}
],
"risks": [
{
"description": "Ex\u00e9cution de code arbitraire"
},
{
"description": "Contournement de la politique de s\u00e9curit\u00e9"
},
{
"description": "\u00c9l\u00e9vation de privil\u00e8ges"
}
],
"summary": "De multiples vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couvertes dans Cisco IOS XE. Elles\npermettent \u00e0 un attaquant de provoquer une ex\u00e9cution de code arbitraire,\nun contournement de la politique de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et une \u00e9l\u00e9vation de\nprivil\u00e8ges.\n\nCes vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9s sont activement exploit\u00e9es.\n",
"title": "Multiples vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9s dans Cisco IOS XE",
"vendor_advisories": [
{
"published_at": null,
"title": "Bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 Cisco cisco-sa-iosxe-webui-privesc-j22SaA4z du 16 octobre 2023",
"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-webui-privesc-j22SaA4z"
}
]
}
CVE-2023-20198 (GCVE-0-2023-20198)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-16 15:12 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05
VLAI?
EPSS
Summary
Cisco is providing an update for the ongoing investigation into observed exploitation of the web UI feature in Cisco IOS XE Software. We are updating the list of fixed releases and adding the Software Checker. Our investigation has determined that the actors exploited two previously unknown issues. The attacker first exploited CVE-2023-20198 to gain initial access and issued a privilege 15 command to create a local user and password combination. This allowed the user to log in with normal user access. The attacker then exploited another component of the web UI feature, leveraging the new local user to elevate privilege to root and write the implant to the file system. Cisco has assigned CVE-2023-20273 to this issue. CVE-2023-20198 has been assigned a CVSS Score of 10.0. CVE-2023-20273 has been assigned a CVSS Score of 7.2. Both of these CVEs are being tracked by CSCwh87343.
Severity ?
10 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-420 - Unprotected Alternate Channel
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software |
Affected:
16.1.1
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CVE-2023-20273 (GCVE-0-2023-20273)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-24 14:13 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05
VLAI?
EPSS
Summary
A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject commands with the privileges of root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software |
Affected:
16.1.1
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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