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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2024-20278

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-w3pw-jcpx-2qcc

Published

March 27, 2024 6:32 PM

Last Modified

March 27, 2024 6:32 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: October 5, 2025 6:32 AM

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