CVE-2024-20326

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI and the Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator CLI could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, local attacker to read and write arbitrary files as root on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to improper authorization enforcement when specific CLI commands are used. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing an affected CLI command with crafted arguments. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the root user.

Affected products

Cisco Confd Basic: 7.1.7, 7.8.3, 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3 (+8)
Cisco Confd Premium: 7.3.5, 7.3.5.1, 7.3.5.2, 7.3.6, 7.4.5, 7.4.5.1 (+79)
Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator: from 5.3.5 before 5.4; from 5.4.5 before 5.5; from 5.5.3 before 5.5.10.1; from 5.6 before 5.6.14.3; from 5.7 before 5.7.15; from 5.8 before 5.8.13.1 — fixed in 5.4, 5.5, 5.5.10.1, 5.6.14.3, 5.7.15, 5.8.13.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator 5.4, 5.5, 5.5.10.1, 5.6.14.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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