CVE-2024-20329 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2024-20329

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the SSH subsystem of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute operating system commands as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input when executing remote CLI commands over SSH. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. An attacker with limited user privileges could use this vulnerability to gain complete control over the system.

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 Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Vulnerable Versions:
9.17.1, 9.17.1.7, 9.17.1.9, 9.17.1.10, 9.18.1, 9.18.1.3, 9.17.1.11, 9.18.2, 9.17.1.13, 9.17.1.15, 9.18.2.5, 9.17.1.20, 9.18.2.7, 9.19.1, 9.18.2.8, 9.18.3, 9.19.1.5, 9.17.1.30, 9.19.1.9, 9.18.3.39, 9.19.1.12, 9.18.3.46, 9.19.1.18, 9.18.3.53, 9.18.3.55, 9.17.1.33, 9.18.3.56

Timeline

Official Publish: October 23rd, 2024
Last Modified: October 26th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-146

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.