SB2022082443 - Privilege escalation in Cisco FXOS CLI
Published: August 24, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022082443
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20865)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the CLI. A local user can pass specially crafted arguments to a CLI command and execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.