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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g595-2j9p-q4w7

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20365?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2024-20365 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Computing System

- [CVE-2026-20200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20200/): Cisco Integrated Management Controller Argument Injection and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-20094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20094/): Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-0430](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0430/): Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-0431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0431/): Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2012-4078](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4078/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20365 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Cisco Unified Computing System. 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-2024-20365/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20365/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20365
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20365
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20365

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20365/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.