# CVE-2024-20369: Open redirect in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator

> Unauthenticated attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via crafted links in Cisco NSO web interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g96r-v5qq-9qch

## What is CVE-2024-20369?

CVE-2024-20369 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator, published on 15 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page.


 This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of a parameter in an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to redirect a user to a malicious website.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20369?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Network Services Orchestrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-20369?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20369 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-20369 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20369 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator

- [CVE-2018-0274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0274/): Command injection in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator unknown (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-20366](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20366/): Privilege escalation in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-0463](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0463/): Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Network Plug and Play Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-20040](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20040/): Path traversal in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2021-1132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1132/): Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Path Traversal Vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20369 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-20369 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator, published on 15 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20369 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Network Services Orchestrator. 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-2024-20369/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20369/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20369
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20369
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20369

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20369/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.