CVE-2023-20090 Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint and RoomOS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

What is CVE-2023-20090?

CVE-2023-20090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco RoomOS Software, published on 15 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence CE and RoomOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper access control on certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a series of crafted commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-27

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20090?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Roomos, Cisco Telepresence Collaboration Endpoint.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20090?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20090 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-20090 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20090 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco RoomOS Software

• CVE-2026-20150 Cisco RoomOS Security Hardening Release - Access Control Vulnerabilities High 8.8
• CVE-2019-15288 Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint, TelePresence Codec, and RoomOS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability High 8.8
• CVE-2026-20156 Cisco RoomOS Security Hardening Release - Buffer Management Vulnerabilities High 8.1
• CVE-2026-20153 Cisco RoomOS Security Hardening Release - Input Validation Vulnerabilities High 7.5
• CVE-2026-20157 Cisco RoomOS Security Hardening Release - Missing Encryption Vulnerabilities High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2237-2j5h-553w.