What is CVE-2023-20040?

CVE-2023-20040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2023-20040?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator

CVE-2023-20040

A vulnerability in the NETCONF service of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) on an affected system that is running as the root user. To exploit this vu…

EPSS: 0.015 (81.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Network Services Orchestrator — versions 4.7.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal

References

cisco-sa-nso-path-trvsl-zjBeMkZg

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20040?: CVE-2023-20040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-20040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.