Privilege escalation in Cisco Nexus Dashboard
CVE-2022-20906
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation during CLI command execution on an affected device. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by authenticating as the rescue-user and executing vulnerable CLI commands using a malicious payload. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (9.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ndb-mprv… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-20906?
- CVE-2022-20906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2022-07-22.
- How severe is CVE-2022-20906?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.