CVE-2024-20429 Command injection in Cisco Secure Email

Medium 6.5 Published 17 Jul 2024 Updated 1 Aug 2024

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary system commands with root privileges on Cisco Secure Email Gateway via crafted HTTP requests.

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

What is CVE-2024-20429?

CVE-2024-20429 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos, published on 17 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in certain portions of the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least valid Operator credentials.

Weakness: CWE-74

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20429?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Asyncos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20429?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20429 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-2024-20429 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9h6c-2f95-gmf7.