CVE-2018-0427 Command injection in Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center

What is CVE-2018-0427?

CVE-2018-0427 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Systems, Inc. Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center, published on 15 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the CronJob scheduler API of Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to incorrect input validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious packet. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvi42263.

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0427?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0427?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0427 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2018-0427 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Systems, Inc. Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center

• CVE-2017-12262 Misconfiguration in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module High 8.8
• CVE-2016-1365 Command injection in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0368 Information disclosure in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center unknown High 7.8
• CVE-2016-1386 Missing authorization in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2016-1318 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 6.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c4xx-c8c8-x26x.