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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2024-20278

A vulnerability in the NETCONF feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the NETCONF feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input over NETCONF to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges from Administrator to root.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software

  • 17.6.1affected
  • 17.6.2affected
  • 17.6.1waffected
  • 17.6.1aaffected
  • 17.6.1xaffected
  • 17.6.3affected
  • 17.6.1yaffected
  • 17.6.1zaffected
  • 17.6.3aaffected
  • 17.6.4affected
  • 17.6.1z1affected
  • 17.6.5affected
  • 17.6.6affected
  • 17.6.6aaffected
  • 17.6.5aaffected
  • 17.7.1affected
  • 17.7.1aaffected
  • 17.7.1baffected
  • 17.7.2affected
  • 17.10.1affected
  • 17.10.1aaffected
  • 17.10.1baffected
  • 17.8.1affected
  • 17.8.1aaffected
  • 17.9.1affected
  • 17.9.1waffected
  • 17.9.2affected
  • 17.9.1aaffected
  • 17.9.1xaffected
  • 17.9.1yaffected
  • 17.9.3affected
  • 17.9.2aaffected
  • 17.9.1x1affected
  • 17.9.3aaffected
  • 17.9.4affected
  • 17.9.1y1affected
  • 17.9.4aaffected
  • 17.11.1affected
  • 17.11.1aaffected
  • 17.12.1affected
  • 17.12.1waffected
  • 17.12.1aaffected
  • 17.11.99SWaffected

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