# CVE-2024-20442: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized API Endpoints Vulnerability

> Low-privileged attackers can perform limited administrator actions via unauthorized REST API endpoints in Cisco Nexus Dashboard.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fqfx-6m93-92cg

## What is CVE-2024-20442?

CVE-2024-20442 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, published on 2 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the REST API endpoints of Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, remote attacker to perform limited Administrator actions on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization controls on some REST API endpoints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted API requests to an affected endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform limited Administrator functions such as viewing portions of the web UI, generating config only or full backup files, and deleting tech support files. This vulnerability only affects a subset of REST API endpoints and does not affect the web-based management interface.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20442?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-20442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-20442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nexus Dashboard

- [CVE-2022-20857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20857/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-20858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20858/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-20861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20861/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-20163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20163/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller SSH Host Key Vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-20281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20281/): Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Data Center Network Manager (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20442 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-20442 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, published on 2 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-2024-20442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Nexus Dashboard. 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-2024-20442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20442/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20442

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20442/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.