Privilege escalation in Cisco Secure Workload
CVE-2023-20136
A vulnerability in the OpenAPI of Cisco Secure Workload could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with the privileges of a read-only user to execute operations that should require Administrator privileges. The attacker would need valid user credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper role-based access control (RBAC) of certain OpenAPI operations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a crafted OpenAPI function call with valid credentials. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute OpenAPI operations that are reserved for the Administrator user, including the creation and deletion of user labels.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Workload — versions 1.102.21, 1.103.1.12, 2.0.1.34
- Cisco Secure Workload
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-20136?
- CVE-2023-20136 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Workload, classified under CWE-648. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-06-28.
- How severe is CVE-2023-20136?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.