Cisco UCS Manager Command Injection (cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-Lq6jsZhH)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 375488

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco UCS Manager is affected by a vulnerability.

- A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments for a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the currently logged-in user. (CVE-2024-20289)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwh77786, CSCwi48264, CSCwi48276

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 375488

File Name: cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-Lq6jsZhH-ucs.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/3/2026

Updated: 11/3/2026

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20289

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:unified_computing_system

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/cisco_ucs_manager

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20289

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-nxos-cmdinj-Lq6jsZhH

IAVA: 2024-A-0529-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwh77786, CSCwi48264, CSCwi48276

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