What is CVE-2024-20435?

CVE-2024-20435 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Web Appliance, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-20435?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-20435 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Web Appliance

CVE-2024-20435

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user…

EPSS: 0.001 (27.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Secure Web Appliance — versions 11.7.0-406, 11.7.0-418, 11.7.1-049

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-250

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cisco-sa-swa-priv-esc-7uHpZsCC

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20435?: CVE-2024-20435 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Web Appliance, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-20435?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-20435 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.