# CVE-2024-20283: Missing authorization in Cisco Nexus Dashboard

> An authenticated remote attacker can access cluster deployment metrics and device information due to improper API access controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p979-p78r-6jp8

## What is CVE-2024-20283?

CVE-2024-20283 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, published on 3 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to learn cluster deployment information on an affected device.

 This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on a specific API endpoint. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending queries to the API endpoint. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to access metrics and information about devices in the Nexus Dashboard cluster.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20283?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Nexus Dashboard.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-20283?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20283 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-20283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nexus Dashboard

- [CVE-2022-20857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20857/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-20858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20858/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-20861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20861/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-20163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20163/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller SSH Host Key Vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-20281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20281/): Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Data Center Network Manager (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20283 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-20283 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, published on 3 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Nexus Dashboard. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20283/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20283/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20283
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20283
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20283

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20283/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.