What is CVE-2020-3597?

CVE-2020-3597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Data Broker, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-10-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-3597?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Cisco Nexus Data Broker

CVE-2020-3597

A vulnerability in the configuration restore feature of Cisco Nexus Data Broker software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a directory traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of configuration backup files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading an administrator to restore a crafted configuration backup file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files that are accessible through the affected software on an affected device.

EPSS: 0.014 (70.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Cisco Nexus Data Broker — versions n/a
Cisco Nexus_data_broker

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3597?: CVE-2020-3597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Data Broker, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-10-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-3597?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.