What is CVE-2024-20401?

CVE-2024-20401 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Email, classified under Absolute Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-20401?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-20401 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Cisco Secure Email

CVE-2024-20401

A vulnerability in the content scanning and message filtering features of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is…

EPSS: 0.077 (92.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Secure Email — versions N/A

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-36 — Absolute Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cisco-sa-esa-afw-bGG2UsjH

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20401?: CVE-2024-20401 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Email, classified under Absolute Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-20401?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-20401 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.