CVE-2023-20065
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting subsystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the hosted application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to and then escaping the Cisco IOx application container. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 16.4.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 16.4.2 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 16.4.3 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.2 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.3 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.1a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.1w | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.2a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.1x | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.1z | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.4 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.5 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.4a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.6 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.4b | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.4c | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.5a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.3.5b | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.4.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.4.2 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.4.1a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.4.1b | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.4.2a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.5.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.5.1a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.5.1b | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.5.1c | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.2 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.1w | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.1a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.1x | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.3 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.1y | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.1z | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.3a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.4 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.6.1z1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.7.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.7.1a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.7.1b | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.7.2 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.8.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.8.1a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.9.1 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.9.1w | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.9.2 | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.9.1a | affected |
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | 17.9.2a | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-284: Improper Access Control
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
References
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