Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2024-10-02 2y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-18164

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary code on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to improper path validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) to upload malicious code to an affected device using path traversal techniques. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in a specific container with the privileges of root.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2y ago (2024-10-02)

Exploit prediction

0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Manager
cisco data_center_network_manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ndfc-ptrce-BUSHLbp
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-20449
NVD CVE-2024-20449

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