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CVE-2024-20282

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.

  • Published: Apr 3, 2024
  • Updated: May 8, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2024-20282
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N