Cisco Identity Services Engine path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco Identity Services Engine. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-20167. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine (Policy Management Software) (affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-24. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system to either elevate privileges to root or read arbitrary files. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker must have valid Administrator credentials on the affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

The weakness was published 05/18/2023 as cisco-sa-ise-traversal-ZTUgMYhu. The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-20167 since 10/27/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-24346). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-24 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/27/2022 🔍
05/18/2023 +203 days 🔍
05/18/2023 +0 days 🔍
08/25/2025 +830 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-ise-traversal-ZTUgMYhu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20167 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20167
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-229300
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2023 09:10
Updated: 08/25/2025 17:22
Changes: 05/18/2023 09:10 (48), 06/10/2023 14:04 (10), 08/25/2025 17:22 (15)
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