{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20186 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20186 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-20186 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 27 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-20186 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-20186 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 27 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20186 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Cisco Ios. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20186/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20186/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-20186","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20186/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-20186","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2hj4-ccw5-92h5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cisco IOS Software","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers with level 15 privileges can bypass AAA command authorization via SCP to read or modify device files and configurations.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"cisco","cpe":[{"product":"ios","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"ios_xe","vendor":"cisco"}],"cvss":{"score":8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-285","name":"Improper Authorization"}],"description":"A vulnerability in the Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass command authorization and copy files to or from the file system of an affected device using the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP).\r\n\r This vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of SCP commands in AAA command authorization checks. An attacker with valid credentials and level 15 privileges could exploit this vulnerability by using SCP to connect to an affected device from an external machine. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain or change the configuration of the affected device and put files on or retrieve files from the affected device.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Missing authorization in Cisco IOS XE Software","id":"CVE-2023-20186","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"cisco:ios","products":["cisco:ios","cisco:ios_xe"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE Software","id":"CVE-2023-20187"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Weak cryptography in Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode","id":"CVE-2023-20185"},"products":["Cisco IOS XE Software","IOS"],"published":"2023-09-27","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-12240","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2017-09-28"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-3881","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2017-03-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2018-0167","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2018-03-28"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-6736","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2017-07-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-6737","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2017-07-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-6738","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2017-07-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-6739","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2017-07-17"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-12-16","vendors":["Cisco"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers with level 15 privileges can bypass AAA command authorization via SCP to read or modify device files and configurations.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20186/"}