CVE-2023-20063 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-20063

Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software and Cisco Firepower Management Center Code Injection Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the inter-device communication mechanisms between devices that are running Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software and devices that are running Cisco Firepower Management (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root permissions on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the expert mode of an affected device and submitting specific commands to a connected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of an FMC device if the attacker has administrative privileges on an associated FTD device. Alternatively, a successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of an FTD device if the attacker has administrative privileges on an associated FMC device.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco Firepower Management Center, Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
Vulnerable Versions:
6.2.3.12, 6.2.3.1, 6.2.3.10, 6.2.3.8, 6.4.0.6, 6.2.3, 6.4.0.7, 6.2.3.13, 6.2.3.5, 6.4.0.4, 6.2.3.9, 6.2.3.14, 6.4.0.1, 6.2.3.6, 6.2.3.11, 6.4.0.8, 6.2.3.2, 6.4.0.2, 6.2.3.3, 6.4.0.3, 6.2.3.7, 6.2.3.4, 6.4.0.5, 6.4.0, 6.2.3.15, 6.6.0, 6.4.0.9, 6.2.3.16, 6.6.0.1, 6.6.1, 6.4.0.10, 6.7.0, 6.4.0.11, 6.6.3, 6.7.0.1, 6.6.4, 6.4.0.12, 6.7.0.2, 7.0.0, 6.2.3.17, 7.0.0.1, 6.6.5, 7.0.1, 7.1.0, 6.6.5.1, 6.4.0.13, 6.7.0.3, 7.0.1.1, 6.2.3.18, 6.4.0.14, 6.6.5.2, 7.1.0.1, 7.0.2, 6.4.0.15, 7.2.0, 7.0.2.1, 7.0.3, 6.6.7, 7.1.0.2, 7.2.0.1, 7.0.4, 7.2.1, 7.0.5, 6.4.0.16, 7.3.0, 7.2.2, 6.6.7.1, 7.3.1, 7.2.3, 7.1.0.3, 7.2.3.1, 7.2.4, 7.0.6, 7.2.4.1, 7.2.5, 7.3.1.1, 7.4.0, 6.4.0.17, 7.0.6.1, 7.2.5.1, 7.4.1, 7.2.6, 7.4.1.1, 7.0.6.2, 6.4.0.18, 6.6.7.2, 7.2.7, 7.2.5.2, 7.3.1.2, 7.2.8, 7.2.8.1

Timeline

Official Publish: November 1st, 2023
Last Modified: December 16th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)