What is CVE-2024-20389?

CVE-2024-20389 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Confd, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-05-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-20389?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-20389 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Cisco Confd

CVE-2024-20389

A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI and the Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator CLI could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, local attacker to read and write arbitrary files as root on the underlying operating system. This v…

EPSS: 0.001 (28.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Confd — versions N/A
Cisco Confd Basic — versions 8.0.11
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator — versions 6.0.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20389?: CVE-2024-20389 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Confd, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-20389?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-20389 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.