CVE-2024-20365 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Redfish Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published 2 Oct 2024 Updated 2 Oct 2024

An authenticated admin can inject commands via the Redfish API to gain root privileges on Cisco UCS servers.

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

What is CVE-2024-20365?

CVE-2024-20365 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 2 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the Redfish API of Cisco UCS B-Series, Cisco UCS Managed C-Series, and Cisco UCS X-Series Servers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to perform command injection attacks on an affected system and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands through the Redfish API on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20365?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Unified Computing System.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20365?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20365 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-2024-20365 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20365 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-g595-2j9p-q4w7.