# CVE-2024-20444: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller REST API Command Injection Vulnerability

> Authenticated attackers with network-admin privileges can inject commands via REST API to overwrite files or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rvwm-3c9j-xm8h

## What is CVE-2024-20444?

CVE-2024-20444 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Data Center Network Manager, published on 2 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC), formerly Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with network-admin privileges to perform a command injection attack against an affected device.
 
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted command arguments to a specific REST API endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite sensitive files or crash a specific container, which would restart on its own, causing a low-impact denial of service (DoS) condition.

Weakness: CWE-88 (Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20444?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-20444?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20444 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-20444 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20444 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Data Center Network Manager

- [CVE-2024-20432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20432/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Web UI Command Injection Vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-20536](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20536/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller SQL Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-20449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20449/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-20348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20348/): Path traversal in Cisco Data Center Network Manager (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-20448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20448/): Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Credential Information Disclosure Vulnerability (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20444 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-20444 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Data Center Network Manager, published on 2 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20444 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Data Center Network Manager. 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-2024-20444/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20444/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20444
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20444
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20444

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20444/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.