CVE-2024-20418 Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul Software Command Injection Vulnerability
Unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on Cisco URWB Access Points via crafted HTTP requests.
- 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-2024-20418?
CVE-2024-20418 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller), published on 6 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Industrial Wireless Software for Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks with root privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of input to the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to the web-based management interface of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of the affected device.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20418?
How do I fix CVE-2024-20418?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20418 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-2024-20418 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20418 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jhvq-gr6c-9fw6.