Cisco IOS IOx Application Hosting Environment command injection

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7.6$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component IOx Application Hosting Environment. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-20076. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS (Router Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component IOx Application Hosting Environment. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 02/01/2023 as cisco-sa-iox-8whGn5dL. The advisory is available at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-20076 since 10/27/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/21/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-24255). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.2
CNA Vector (Cisco Systems, Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/27/2022 🔍
02/01/2023 +97 days 🔍
02/01/2023 +0 days 🔍
08/21/2025 +932 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-iox-8whGn5dL
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20076 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20076
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-219986
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/01/2023 21:00
Updated: 08/21/2025 11:56
Changes: 02/01/2023 21:00 (39), 03/01/2023 14:37 (1), 03/01/2023 14:40 (21), 08/21/2025 11:56 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:E50:103

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