PT-2018-8759 · Cisco · Cisco Nx-Os+1

Published 2018-06-20 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-0330

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco NX-OS Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the NX-API management application programming interface (API) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands with elevated privileges. The issue is due to a failure to properly validate certain parameters included within an NX-API request. An attacker that can successfully authenticate to the NX-API could submit a request designed to bypass NX-OS role assignment, potentially allowing the execution of commands with elevated privileges. This affects devices configured to use the NX-API feature, including various Cisco switch series.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0330

Affected Products

Cisco Nx-Os

Cisco Nexus

References · 4

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180620-nxos-nxapi · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0330 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0330 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041169 · Note