CVE-2023-20115
A vulnerability in the SFTP server implementation for Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches and 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to download or overwrite files from the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a logic error when verifying the user role when an SFTP connection is opened to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting and authenticating via SFTP as a valid, non-administrator user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or overwrite files from the underlying operating system with the privileges of the authenticated user. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 5.4
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS probability
- 0.31%
- CWE
- CWE-671
- Published
- 2023-08-23
- Last modified
- 2026-03-13
Affected products
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software
Weakness type
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