Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager, Identity Services Engine and Prime Infrastructure and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-20122. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager, Identity Services Engine and Prime Infrastructure (Network Management Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the restricted shell of Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM), Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), and Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escape the restricted shell and gain root privileges on the underlying operating system. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

The weakness was released 04/06/2023 as cisco-sa-adeos-MLAyEcvk. The advisory is available at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-20122 since 10/27/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. 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-2023-24301). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/27/2022 🔍
04/06/2023 +161 days 🔍
04/06/2023 +0 days 🔍
08/24/2025 +871 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-adeos-MLAyEcvk
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20122 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20122
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225026
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/06/2023 08:41
Updated: 08/24/2025 06:50
Changes: 04/06/2023 08:41 (49), 04/23/2023 07:08 (11), 08/24/2025 06:50 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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