Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller up to 12.2.1 REST API Endpoint argument injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component REST API Endpoint. This manipulation causes argument injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-20444. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component REST API Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a argument injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-88. The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC), formerly Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with network-admin privileges to perform a command injection attack against an affected device.   This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted command arguments to a specific REST API endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite sensitive files or crash a specific container, which would restart on its own, causing a low-impact denial of service (DoS) condition.

It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-20444 since 11/08/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/05/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller

Version

• 7.0(1)
• 7.0(2)
• 7.1(1)
• 7.1(2)
• 7.2(1)
• 7.2(2)
• 7.2(2a)
• 7.2(3)
• 10.0(1)
• 10.1(1)
• 10.1(2)
• 10.2(1)
• 10.3(1)
• 10.3(1)R(1)
• 10.3(2)IPFM
• 10.4(1)
• 10.4(2)
• 11.0(1)
• 11.1(1)
• 11.2(1)
• 11.3(1)
• 11.4(1)
• 11.5(1)
• 11.5(2)
• 11.5(3)
• 11.5(3a)
• 11.5(4)
• 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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