CVE-2024-20282

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.002 · 6 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.17% (6th) EPSS
CVSS 6 · medium
Is it mine?
31 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.2
v3.16mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.2
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-522USprimaryCWE-269USCWE-269US
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affected products (31)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2024-0777Cisco Nexus Dashboard: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-03csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Cisco Nexus Dashboard ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, Daten zu manipulieren, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder Informationen offenzulegen.

  • cisco-sa-ndru-pesc-kZ2PQLZHCisco Nexus Dashboard Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2024-04-03csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundcisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2024-04-03modified 2026-06-17
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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