What is CVE-2024-20442?

CVE-2024-20442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-20442?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Cisco Nexus Dashboard

CVE-2024-20442

A vulnerability in the REST API endpoints of Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, remote attacker to perform limited Administrator actions on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient a…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (56.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Nexus Dashboard — versions 1.1(3e), 1.1(3c), 1.1(3d)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

cisco-sa-ndhs-uaapi-Jh4V6zpN

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20442?: CVE-2024-20442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-20442?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.