CVE-2023-20115 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-20115

A vulnerability in the SFTP server implementation for Cisco Nexus...

Vulnerability Description

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.

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.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco NX-OS Software
Vulnerable Versions:
9.2(1), 9.2(2), 9.2(2t), 9.2(3), 9.2(4), 9.2(2v), 9.3(1), 9.3(2), 9.3(3), 9.3(4), 9.3(5), 9.3(6), 9.3(7), 9.3(7a), 9.3(8), 9.3(9), 9.3(10), 9.3(11), 10.1(1), 10.1(2), 10.1(2t), 10.2(1), 10.2(1q), 10.2(2), 10.2(3), 10.2(3t), 10.2(4), 10.2(5), 10.3(1), 10.3(2)

Timeline

Official Publish: August 23rd, 2023
Last Modified: October 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-671

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.