First published: Fri Nov 06 2020(Updated: )
A vulnerability in the remote management feature of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands and potentially gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of commands to the remote management CLI of the affected application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to the affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject arbitrary commands and potentially gain elevated privileges.
Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Cisco SD-WAN vManage | <20.3.1 |
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CVE-2020-27129 is a vulnerability in the remote management feature of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software that allows an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands and potentially gain elevated privileges.
CVE-2020-27129 allows an attacker to inject arbitrary commands and potentially gain elevated privileges in the affected Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software.
CVE-2020-27129 has a severity rating of high with a CVSS score of 6.7.
An attacker can exploit CVE-2020-27129 by injecting arbitrary commands through the remote management CLI of the affected Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software.
Yes, Cisco has released a security advisory with updates and mitigations for CVE-2020-27129. It is recommended to update to a fixed version of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software.