RCE in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance

CVE-2023-20013

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Intersight Private Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands using root-level privileges. The attacker would need to have Administrator privileges on the affected device to exploit these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation when extracting uploaded software packages. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by authenticating to an affected device and uploading a crafted software package. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20013?
CVE-2023-20013 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-20013?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.