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CVE-2024-20413: Cisco NX-OS Bash Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-08-28 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to elevate privileges to network-admin on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient security restrictions when executing application arguments from the Bash shell. An attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create new users with the privileges of network-admin.
Affected products
- Cisco NX-OS: 9.2\(3\), 7.0\(3\)i5\(2\), 6.0\(2\)a8\(7a\), 7.0\(3\)i4\(5\), 6.0\(2\)a6\(1\), 7.0\(3\)i4\(6\) (+151)
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