CVE-2024-20411 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-20411

Cisco NX-OS Bash Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to execute arbitrary code as root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient security restrictions when executing commands from the Bash shell. An attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell could exploit this vulnerability by executing a specific crafted command on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of root.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco NX-OS Software
Vulnerable Versions:
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), 7.0(3)I4(3), 9.2(2v), 6.0(2)A6(5b), 7.0(3)I4(7), 6.0(2)U6(1a), 7.0(3)I4(1), 7.0(3)I4(8), 7.0(3)I4(2), 7.0(3)IM3(1), 6.0(2)U6(5a), 6.0(2)A8(11), 6.0(2)A6(4a), 9.2(1), 9.2(2t), 9.2(3y), 7.0(3)I4(1t), 6.0(2)U6(5c), 6.0(2)A6(4), 7.0(3)I7(6z), 9.3(2), 7.0(3)F3(3), 6.0(2)U6(6), 7.0(3)I7(3z), 7.0(3)IM7(2), 6.0(2)A8(11b), 7.0(3)I7(5a), 7.0(3)I6(1), 6.0(2)U6(10), 7.0(3)IM3(2), 6.0(2)A6(8), 6.0(2)U6(1), 7.0(3)I5(3b), 6.0(2)A6(2a), 6.0(2)U6(7), 9.2(4), 7.0(3)IM3(2a), 6.0(2)A8(10), 6.0(2)A8(2), 7.0(3)IC4(4), 6.0(2)A6(3), 6.0(2)U6(5b), 7.0(3)F3(3c), 7.0(3)F3(1), 6.0(2)U6(5), 7.0(3)F3(5), 6.0(2)A6(7), 7.0(3)I7(2), 6.0(2)A6(5), 7.0(3)IM3(2b), 6.0(2)U6(4a), 7.0(3)I5(3), 7.0(3)I7(3), 6.0(2)A8(6), 7.0(3)I6(2), 6.0(2)A8(5), 6.0(2)U6(8), 7.0(3)IM3(3), 9.3(1), 6.0(2)U6(2), 6.0(2)A8(7), 7.0(3)I7(6), 6.0(2)U6(3a), 6.0(2)A8(11a), 7.0(3)I4(8z), 7.0(3)I4(9), 7.0(3)I7(4), 7.0(3)I7(7), 6.0(2)A8(9), 6.0(2)A8(1), 6.0(2)A6(6), 6.0(2)A8(10a), 7.0(3)I5(1), 9.3(1z), 9.2(2), 7.0(3)F3(4), 7.0(3)I4(8b), 6.0(2)A8(3), 7.0(3)I4(6t), 7.0(3)I5(3a), 6.0(2)A8(8), 7.0(3)I7(5), 7.0(3)F3(3a), 6.0(2)A8(4), 6.0(2)A6(3a), 6.0(2)A6(5a), 7.0(3)F2(1), 7.0(3)I4(8a), 6.0(2)U6(9), 7.0(3)F3(2), 6.0(2)U6(2a), 7.0(3)I4(4), 6.0(2)U6(3), 7.0(3)I7(1), 7.0(3)F2(2), 7.0(3)IA7(2), 7.0(3)IA7(1), 6.0(2)A8(7b), 7.0(3)F1(1), 6.0(2)A6(1a), 6.0(2)A6(2), 6.0(2)A8(4a), 6.0(2)U6(4), 9.3(3), 7.0(3)I7(8), 6.0(2)U6(10a), 9.3(4), 9.3(5), 7.0(3)I7(9), 9.3(6), 10.1(2), 10.1(1), 9.3(5w), 9.3(7), 9.3(7k), 7.0(3)I7(9w), 10.2(1), 9.3(7a), 9.3(8), 7.0(3)I7(10), 10.2(1q), 10.2(2), 9.3(9), 10.1(2t), 10.2(3), 10.2(3t), 9.3(10), 10.2(2a), 10.3(1), 10.2(4), 10.3(2), 9.3(11), 10.3(3), 10.2(5), 9.3(12), 10.2(3v), 10.4(1), 10.3(99w), 10.2(6), 10.3(3w), 10.3(99x), 10.3(3o), 10.3(4), 10.3(3p), 10.3(4a), 10.4(2), 10.3(3q), 9.3(13), 10.2(7), 10.3(3x), 10.3(4g), 10.3(3r)

Timeline

Official Publish: August 28th, 2024
Last Modified: August 30th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-267

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.