CVE-2024-20529 Cisco Identity Services Engine Arbitrary File Read and Delete Vulnerability

Medium 5.5 Published 6 Nov 2024 Updated 6 Nov 2024

Authenticated Super Admins can read or delete arbitrary files on Cisco ISE via crafted API requests due to insufficient parameter validation.

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-2024-20529?

CVE-2024-20529 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine, published on 6 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read and delete arbitrary files on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need valid Super Admin credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied parameters in API requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted API request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20529?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Identity Services Engine.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20529?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20529 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2024-20529 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20529 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-p7hr-frqp-rm5j.