CVE-2021-1132 Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Path Traversal Vulnerability

Medium 5.3 Published 18 Nov 2024 Updated 18 Nov 2024

Unauthenticated remote attackers can access sensitive files via crafted HTTP requests in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-1132?

CVE-2021-1132 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator, published on 18 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the API subsystem and in the web-management interface of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive data. This vulnerability exists because the web-management interface and certain HTTP-based APIs do not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request that contains directory traversal character sequences to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files on the affected system.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-35

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1132?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Network Services Orchestrator.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1132?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1132 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-1132 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1132 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pm93-mhpj-x843.