CVE-2022-20909: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-367

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation during CLI command execution on an affected device. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by authenticating as the rescue-user and executing vulnerable CLI commands using a malicious payload. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.

Affected products

Cisco Nexus Dashboard: from 2.0 before 2.2\(1e\) — fixed in 2.2\(1e\)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Nexus Dashboard 2.2\(1e\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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