FKIE_CVE-2024-20278

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-03-27 17:15 - Updated: 2025-08-01 15:22
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
A vulnerability in the NETCONF feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input over NETCONF to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges from Administrator to root.
References
psirt@cisco.comhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-priv-esc-seAx6NLXVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-priv-esc-seAx6NLXVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cisco ios_xe 17.6.1
cisco ios_xe 17.6.1a
cisco ios_xe 17.6.1w
cisco ios_xe 17.6.1x
cisco ios_xe 17.6.1y
cisco ios_xe 17.6.1z
cisco ios_xe 17.6.1z1
cisco ios_xe 17.6.2
cisco ios_xe 17.6.3
cisco ios_xe 17.6.3a
cisco ios_xe 17.6.4
cisco ios_xe 17.6.5
cisco ios_xe 17.6.5a
cisco ios_xe 17.6.6
cisco ios_xe 17.6.6a
cisco ios_xe 17.7.1
cisco ios_xe 17.7.1a
cisco ios_xe 17.7.1b
cisco ios_xe 17.7.2
cisco ios_xe 17.8.1
cisco ios_xe 17.8.1a
cisco ios_xe 17.9.1
cisco ios_xe 17.9.1a
cisco ios_xe 17.9.1w
cisco ios_xe 17.9.1x
cisco ios_xe 17.9.1x1
cisco ios_xe 17.9.1y
cisco ios_xe 17.9.1y1
cisco ios_xe 17.9.2
cisco ios_xe 17.9.2a
cisco ios_xe 17.9.3
cisco ios_xe 17.9.3a
cisco ios_xe 17.9.4
cisco ios_xe 17.9.4a
cisco ios_xe 17.10.1
cisco ios_xe 17.10.1a
cisco ios_xe 17.10.1b
cisco ios_xe 17.11.1
cisco ios_xe 17.11.1a
cisco ios_xe 17.11.99sw
cisco ios_xe 17.12.1
cisco ios_xe 17.12.1a
cisco ios_xe 17.12.1w
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