CVE-2024-20383

Summary

CVE-2024-20383 is a recently identified vulnerability affecting the Cisco Crosswork NSO CLI and ConfD CLI. This issue grants authenticated, low-privileged, local attackers the ability to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability arises due to incorrect privilege assignment when certain CLI commands are executed. An attacker can exploit this flaw by executing an affected command, potentially gaining elevated system access. This vulnerability poses a significant risk and requires immediate remediation.

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