CVE-2024-20385 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator SSL Certificate Validation Vulnerability

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

An attacker can intercept sensitive information by bypassing SSL certificate validation during site registration in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator.

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

What is CVE-2024-20385?

CVE-2024-20385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator, published on 2 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the SSL/TLS implementation of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to intercept sensitive information from an affected device.  This vulnerability exists because the Cisco NDO Validate Peer Certificate site management feature validates the certificates for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), Cisco Cloud Network Controller (CNC), and Cisco Nexus Dashboard only when a new site is added or an existing one is reregistered. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using machine-in-the-middle techniques to intercept the traffic between the affected device and Cisco NDO and then using a crafted certificate to impersonate the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to learn sensitive information during communications between these devices.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20385?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-20385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qqf3-h6hq-fm58.

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