CVE-2023-20170

State
Published
Severity
6.0 Medium
Published
Nov 1, 2023
Updated
Dec 16, 2025
Reserved
Oct 27, 2022

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Description

A vulnerability in a specific Cisco ISE CLI command could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Administrator-level privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Ncisco

Weaknesses

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco Identity Services Engine SoftwareCisco
  • N/AAffected

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