What is CVE-2023-20235?

CVE-2023-20235 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Ie3200 Rugged Switch, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-20235?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Cisco Catalyst Ie3200 Rugged Switch

CVE-2023-20235

A vulnerability in the on-device application development workflow feature for the Cisco IOx application hosting infrastructure in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access the underlying operating system as the root user. This vulnerability exists because Docker containers with the privileged runtime option are not blocked when they are in application development mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the Docker CLI to access an affected device. The application development workflow is meant to be used only on development systems and not in production systems.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th 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

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20235?: CVE-2023-20235 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Ie3200 Rugged Switch, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-20235?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.