Riskcovery

CVE-2026-20042

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Configuration REST API Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Apr 1, 2026
Updated
Apr 2, 2026
Reserved
Oct 8, 2025

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Description

A vulnerability in the configuration backup feature of Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an attacker who has the encryption password and access to Full or Config-only backup files to access sensitive information.

This vulnerability exists because authentication details are included in the encrypted backup files. An attacker with a valid backup file and encryption password from an affected device could decrypt the backup file. The attacker could then use the authentication details in the backup file to access internal-only APIs on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco Nexus DashboardCisco
  • 1.1(3e)Affected
  • 1.1(3c)Affected
  • 1.1(3d)Affected
  • 1.1(0d)Affected
  • 1.1(2i)Affected
  • 2.0(1b)Affected
  • 1.1(2h)Affected
  • 1.1(0c)Affected
  • 1.1(3f)Affected
  • 2.1(1d)Affected
  • 2.1(1e)Affected
  • 2.0(2g)Affected
  • 2.0(2h)Affected
  • 2.1(2d)Affected
  • 2.0(1d)Affected
  • 2.2(1h)Affected
  • 2.2(1e)Affected
  • 2.2(2d)Affected
  • 2.1(2f)Affected
  • 2.3(1c)Affected
  • 2.3(2b)Affected
  • 2.3(2c)Affected
  • 2.3(2d)Affected
  • 2.3(2e)Affected
  • 3.0(1f)Affected
  • and 15 more versions

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