CVE-2024-20275 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Backup Cluster Command Injection Vulnerability
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands on Cisco FMC devices via crafted HTTP requests during cluster backups.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-20275?
CVE-2024-20275 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 23 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A vulnerability in the cluster backup feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software, formerly Firepower Management Center Software, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user data that is supplied through the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Network Administrator. In addition, the attacker would need to persuade a legitimate user to initiate a cluster backup on the affected device.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20275?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20275?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20275 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-2024-20275 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20275 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- CVE-2026-20079 Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2026-20131 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2026-20316 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password
- CVE-2025-20265 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Radius Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-20424 Command injection in Cisco Firepower Management Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jgqf-4rxm-w86h.