CVE-2024-20469 Cisco Identity Services Engine Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 6.0 Published 4 Sep 2024 Updated 6 Sep 2024

An authenticated local attacker with Administrator privileges can execute arbitrary OS commands to gain root access on Cisco Identity Services Engine.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-20469?

CVE-2024-20469 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine, published on 4 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in specific CLI commands in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid Administrator privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20469?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Identity Services Engine.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20469?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20469 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-2024-20469 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20469 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-g3fw-hx3v-rvcr.