Cisco Nexus Dashboard up to 3.2(1i) LDAP User Account information exposure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component LDAP User Account Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information exposure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-20150. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard. This affects some unknown processing of the component LDAP User Account Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information exposure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-209. The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to enumerate LDAP user accounts. This vulnerability is due to the improper handling of LDAP authentication requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending authentication requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to determine which usernames are valid LDAP user accounts.

It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-20150 since 10/10/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234857 (Cisco Nexus Dashboard LDAP Username Enumeration (cisco-sa-nd-unenum-2xFFh472)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (234857). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Nexus Dashboard

Version

• 2.0(1b)
• 2.0(1d)
• 2.0(2g)
• 2.0(2h)
• 2.1(1d)
• 2.1(1e)
• 2.1(2d)
• 2.1(2f)
• 2.2(1e)
• 2.2(1h)
• 2.2(2d)
• 2.3(1c)
• 2.3(2b)
• 2.3(2c)
• 2.3(2d)
• 2.3(2e)
• 3.0(1f)
• 3.0(1i)
• 3.1(1k)
• 3.1(1l)
• 3.2(1e)
• 3.2(1i)

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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