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CVE-2023-20258

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-17 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to improper processing of serialized Java objects by the affected application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a document containing malicious serialized Java objects to be processed by the affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the application to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM): before 7.1.1 — fixed in 7.1.1
• Cisco Prime Infrastructure: before 3.10.4; 3.10.4, 3.10.4-update_1 — fixed in 3.10.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) 7.1.1; Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.10.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-pi-epnm-wkZJeyeq
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-pi-epnm-wkZJeyeq

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