# CVE-2024-20379: Path traversal in Cisco Firepower Management Center

> Authenticated attackers can read arbitrary files from the underlying OS via crafted HTTP requests in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 23 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 23 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pj9f-9jr9-4wm7

## What is CVE-2024-20379?

CVE-2024-20379 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 23 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software, formerly Firepower Management Center Software, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system.

 This vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of the affected device. The attacker would need valid user credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-36 (Absolute Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20379?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Firepower Management Center, Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-20379?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-20379 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

- [CVE-2024-20372](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20372/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco Firepower Management Center (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-20387](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20387/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco Firepower Management Center (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-20410](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20410/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco Firepower Management Center (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-20388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20388/): Information disclosure in Cisco Firepower Management Center (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-20386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20386/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco Firepower Management Center (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20379 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-20379 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 23 Oct 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-2024-20379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. 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-2024-20379/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20379/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20379
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20379
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20379

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20379/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.