{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20478 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-20478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), published on 28 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20478 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-20478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), published on 28 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20478 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20478/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20478/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-20478","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20478/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-20478","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j3cr-gpf3-q8w2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cisco APIC","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated administrators can install modified software images to execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges on Cisco APIC systems.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"cisco","cpe":[{"product":"application_policy_infrastructure_controller","vendor":"cisco"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-250","name":"Execution with Unnecessary Privileges"}],"description":"A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco\u0026nbsp;Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root.\r\nNote: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-20478","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software","id":"CVE-2024-20479"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Unauthorized REST API Endpoint Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-20477"},"products":["Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)"],"published":"2024-08-28","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco Application Services Engine Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2021-1393","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-02-24"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco Application Services Engine Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2021-1396","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-02-24"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Arbitrary File Read and Write Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-1577","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)","id":"CVE-2023-20011","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-23"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-1578","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-25"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-1579","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-25"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2019-1682","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-05-03"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-06","vendors":["Cisco"]},"summary":"Authenticated administrators can install modified software images to execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges on Cisco APIC systems.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20478/"}