CVE-2023-20235

Summary

A vulnerability in the on-device application development workflow feature for the Cisco IOx application hosting infrastructure in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access the underlying operating system as the root user. This vulnerability exists because Docker containers with the privileged runtime option are not blocked when they are in application development mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the Docker CLI to access an affected device. The application development workflow is meant to be used only on development systems and not in production systems.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.1waffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.2aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.1xaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.1zaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.4affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.5affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.4aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.6affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.4baffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.4caffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.5aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.5baffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.3.7affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.4.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.4.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.4.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.4.1baffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.4.2aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.5.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.5.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.5.1baffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.5.1caffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.1waffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.1xaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.1yaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.1zaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.3aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.4affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.1z1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.5affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.6.5aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.7.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.7.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.7.1baffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.7.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.10.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.10.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.10.1baffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.8.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.8.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.1waffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.2affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.1xaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.1yaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.3affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.2aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.1x1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.3aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.4affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.1y1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.9.4aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.11.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.11.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.12.1affected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.12.1aaffected
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software17.11.99SWaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References