Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller up to 12.2.1 REST API Endpoint protection mechanism

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller up to 12.2.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component REST API Endpoint. The manipulation leads to protection mechanism. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-20438. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller up to 12.2.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component REST API Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the REST API endpoints of Cisco NDFC could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, remote attacker to read or write files on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because of missing authorization controls on some REST API endpoints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted API requests to an affected endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform limited network-admin functions such as reading device configuration information, uploading files, and modifying uploaded files. Note: This vulnerability only affects a subset of REST API endpoints and does not affect the web-based management interface.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-20438 since 11/08/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/05/2024).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller

Version

• 12.0.1a
• 12.0.2d
• 12.0.2f
• 12.1(1)
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.1e
• 12.1.1p
• 12.1.2e
• 12.1.2p
• 12.1.3b
• 12.2.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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