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CVE-2024-20289

MEDIUM
Published 2024-08-28T16:31:23.856Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
4.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.325
Higher than 32.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. 

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments for a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the currently logged-in user.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Cisco

Cisco NX-OS Software

Affected Versions:

9.3(3) 9.3(4) 9.3(5) 9.3(6) 10.1(2) 10.1(1) 9.3(5w) 9.3(7) 9.3(7k) 10.2(1) 9.3(7a) 9.3(8) 10.2(1q) 10.2(2) 9.3(9) 10.1(2t) 10.2(3) 10.2(3t) 9.3(10) 10.2(2a) 10.3(1) 10.2(4) 10.3(2) 9.3(11) 10.3(3) 10.2(5) 9.3(12) 10.2(3v) 10.4(1) 10.3(99w) 10.2(6) 10.3(3w) 10.3(99x) 10.3(3o) 10.3(4) 10.3(3p) 10.3(4a) 10.4(2) 10.3(3q) 10.3(3x) 10.3(4g) 10.3(3r)
Cisco

Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode

Affected Versions:

16.0(2h) 16.0(2j) 16.0(3d) 16.0(3e) 16.0(4c) 16.0(5h) 16.0(3g) 16.0(5j)

EU Vulnerability Database

Monitored by ENISA for EU cybersecurity

EU Coordination

EU Coordinated

Exploitation Status

No Known Exploitation

EUVD ID

View on ENISA

ENISA Analysis

Malicious code in bioql (PyPI)

Affected Products (ENISA)

cisco
cisco nx-os system software in aci mode

ENISA Scoring

CVSS Score (3.1)

4.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

0.100
probability

ENISA References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-Lq6jsZhH

Data provided by ENISA EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated: October 3, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-fxrw-j82w-pmhg

Advisory Details

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device.  This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments for a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the currently logged-in user.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20289
WEB https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-Lq6jsZhH

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: August 28, 2024, Modified: August 28, 2024

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-Lq6jsZhH
Published: 2024-08-28T16:31:23.856Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-28T17:24:18.101Z
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