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CVE-2023-20050

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2023-02-23 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are passed to specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of an 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.

Affected Platforms

Cisco Nexus 3064XCisco Nexus 3132QCisco Nexus 3172PqCisco Nexus 3636C-RCisco Nexus 7718Cisco Nexus 3172Pq\/Pq-XlCisco Nexus 3232C Cisco Nexus 3432D-SCisco Nexus 3264C-ECisco Mds 9706

Weakness Type

CWE-78, CWE-78

References